2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01249.x
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Comparing the efficacy of agri‐environment schemes to enhance bumble bee abundance and diversity on arable field margins

Abstract: Summary1. Declines in abundance and diversity of bumble bees ( Bombus spp.) in Europe have been linked to agricultural intensification and the resulting loss of suitable foraging and nesting habitats. Environmental Stewardship (ES) is a new scheme in England offering the opportunity to restore habitats of value for these important pollinators to agricultural land. Scientific evaluation of the options prescribed within the scheme is essential to ensure that their objectives are met and that the benefits can be … Show more

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“…Frequently established semi-natural areas on arable lands are field margin habitats (e.g., De Snoo 1999;Marshall and Moonen 2002). These margins can be beneficial to biodiversity in several ways: they serve as refuge habitats for species unable to persist in intensively managed arable fields or in the declining acreage of natural habitat (Vickery et al 2002;Marshall et al 2006;Carvell et al 2007;Smith et al 2008a), provide overwintering sites for a variety of small animals (e.g., Thomas et al 1992;Dennis et al 1994) and may act as ecological corridors (e.g., Kohler et al 2008).…”
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“…Frequently established semi-natural areas on arable lands are field margin habitats (e.g., De Snoo 1999;Marshall and Moonen 2002). These margins can be beneficial to biodiversity in several ways: they serve as refuge habitats for species unable to persist in intensively managed arable fields or in the declining acreage of natural habitat (Vickery et al 2002;Marshall et al 2006;Carvell et al 2007;Smith et al 2008a), provide overwintering sites for a variety of small animals (e.g., Thomas et al 1992;Dennis et al 1994) and may act as ecological corridors (e.g., Kohler et al 2008).…”
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“…Species added to a seed mix do not always provide significant amounts of bee forage, as evidenced by the fact that the wildflower mix contained 21 species, but only six of these predictably established themselves and were used as forage plants across all sites (other species established and flowered but were not always visited by bumble-bees) (Carvell et al 2007). Further trials are needed to determine which early-and lateflowering species will reliably flower under field margin conditions.…”
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“…Flowering days were based on the first and last day in each year on which a species was producing 1-25 flowers per plot on at least four of the six study sites. Foraging bumble-bees were recorded in each field margin on repeated bi-monthly transect walks in each of the 3 years (Carvell et al 2007). Seven species of bumble-bee were recorded visiting flowers in the nectar flower mix, and eight species in the wildflower mix.…”
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