Active management fosters species richness of wild bees in limestone quarries

Kettermann, Marcel; Poniatowski, Dominik; Fartmann, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106733

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“…Their results document considerable species turnover in natural enemy communities of adjacent arable fields and fallows, and support the assumption that only older fallows (> 8 years) produce functionally more diverse natural enemy communities. The most distinct differences between NG and OG are age (time after establishment) and consequently stage of plant succession, which might affect colonization rates of arthropods in NG (e.g., Kettermann et al 2022 ; Gardiner and Casey 2022 ). However, in our study, we did not observe a difference in either pollination or biological pest control between NG and OG, effectively disproving our first hypothesis.…”

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New grasslands promote pollination but not biological pest control in nearby arable fields in the short term

Bürgler,

Hussain,

Maas

et al. 2024

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

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Agricultural intensification is a major threat to farmland biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Semi-natural habitats are integral to the preservation of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services, however, the extent in which they contribute to specific services is largely unclear. We studied predation rates of ground-dwelling predatory arthropods, and pollination success within old permanent grasslands, newly established grasslands and arable fields near and far from new grasslands. We evaluated whether grassland restoration can enhance pollination and biological control in crop fields. For this purpose, we established new grassland strips within cereal fields, which directly bordered existing permanent grasslands. We evaluated if the distance to these old and new grasslands affects the delivery of the two ecosystem services within crop fields. We found significantly higher seed numbers and seed weight in sentinel plants placed in old grasslands, new grasslands and nearby arable fields compared to distant arable fields. We also found significantly decreasing seed numbers and seed weight in sentinel plants placed in distant arable fields with increasing distance from old grasslands, while pollination success was not affected by distance in nearby arable fields. Contrary, we did not find any significant effects of new grasslands on biological control. Our study showed that 3 years after establishing grasslands arable fields benefited from the proximity of flower-rich new grasslands through increased pollination success though not regarding biological control. This indicates that, on a short term, establishing new grasslands can support beneficial arthropods in providing ecosystem services such as pollination. Predators, in contrast, might take longer to establish effective populations that denote higher predation rates. Our study provides a baseline for future long-term studies to better evaluate pollination and pest control patterns within arable fields.

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New grasslands promote pollination but not biological pest control in nearby arable fields in the short term

Bürgler,

Hussain,

Maas

et al. 2024

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“…The exposed bedrocks, extreme microclimates, rugged relief, and rudimentary soil layer at such sites often radically differ from surrounding landscapes, forming islets of regionally rare conditions offering colonization and establishment potential for regionally declining or rare organisms depending on such conditions. In early stages of post‐excavation succession, such substrates are colonized by early successional specialists, which have declined in general rural landscapes across the world (Bobrek 2020; Kettermann & Poniatowski 2022; Münsch & Fartmann 2022), but even later succession stages can have conservation value and aesthetic appeal (Baczyńska et al 2018). Based on these observations, many authors warned against technical approaches to post‐excavation sites rehabilitation, which usually consist of leveling‐off terrain and planting a few woody species, and advocating more balanced approaches to restoration (Prach et al 2011; Moradi et al 2018; Kettermann & Fartmann 2023).…”

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Assembly of heterotrophic communities during spontaneous succession in quarries: invertebrates model groups and macromycetes

Walter,

Hradská,

Kout

et al. 2023

Restoration Ecology

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Quarrying has a crucial impact on the environment, but it could enhance species diversity. Mining sites represent important refuges for countless species disappearing from homogenous landscapes. Our study focused on assemblages of heterotrophic communities such as moths (Lepidoptera), carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), spiders (Araneae), and macromycetes (fungi: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota) in an active part of kaolin quarries and their immediate surroundings in the Pilsen region, Czech Republic. We compared differences between mined and unmined sites, sites with spontaneous succession and sites with replanted pine trees. In total, we recorded 178 moth, 63 spider, 27 carabid beetle, and 81 macromycetes species, including 21 Red‐listed species. The moths, carabid beetles, and macromycetes tended to inhabit unmined sites; on the contrary, open habitat spiders preferred open sites with replanted pine trees. Based on the life history traits analyses, moth species feeding on forbs and grasses prevail at the active part of kaolin quarries, where higher plant diversity was detected. Large body carabid beetles such as Carabus spp. favored unmined sites, as well as macromycetes with long‐lived fruit bodies. Open habitat and xerophilous spiders inhabited the replanted sites by pine trees where the sparse vegetation was obvious. Our results indicated that groups with radically different life histories such as moths, carabids, and macromycetes may react to mining remarkably similarly, although spiders, despite sharing predatory habits with the majority of carabids, reacted differently.

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Quarry ponds are hotspots of amphibian species richness

Kettermann

Fartmann

2023

Ecological Engineering

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Active management fosters species richness of wild bees in limestone quarries

Cited by 4 publications

References 48 publications

New grasslands promote pollination but not biological pest control in nearby arable fields in the short term

New grasslands promote pollination but not biological pest control in nearby arable fields in the short term

Assembly of heterotrophic communities during spontaneous succession in quarries: invertebrates model groups and macromycetes

Quarry ponds are hotspots of amphibian species richness

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