Improving the biodiversity benefits of hedgerows: How physical characteristics and the proximity of foraging habitat affect the use of linear features by bats

Boughey, Katherine L.; Lake, Iain R.; Haysom, Karen A.; Dolman, Paul M.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.02.017

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“…Several studies have considered the effects of agricultural management at landscape scales versus focusing exclusively on farm-level management practices (Estrada et al 1993;Ekman and de Jong 1996;Verboom and Huitema 1997;Numa et al 2005;Faria et al 2006Faria and Baumgarten 2007;FuentesMontemayor et al 2011;Boughey et al 2011;Maas et al 2013). Within agricultural areas, bat activity increases with proximity to natural areas (Estrada et al 1993;Verboom and Huitema 1997;Boughey et al 2011) and in less fragmented landscapes (Fuentes-Montemayor et al 2011;Frey-Ehrenbold et al 2013) or in landscapes with more natural elements such as hedgerows and woodlots (Verboom and Huitema 1997).…”

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“…Within agricultural areas, bat activity increases with proximity to natural areas (Estrada et al 1993;Verboom and Huitema 1997;Boughey et al 2011) and in less fragmented landscapes (Fuentes-Montemayor et al 2011;Frey-Ehrenbold et al 2013) or in landscapes with more natural elements such as hedgerows and woodlots (Verboom and Huitema 1997).…”

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Bats in the Anthropogenic Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Chiroptera and Their Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Williams‐Guillén

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Maas

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Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

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Intensification in land-use and farming practices has had largely negative effects on bats, leading to population declines and concomitant losses of ecosystem services. Current trends in land-use change suggest that agricultural areas will further expand, while production systems may either experience further intensification (particularly in developing nations) or become more environmentally friendly (especially in Europe). In this chapter, we review the existing literature

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Section: Effects Of Agricultural Intensity On Bat Assemblage Structurmentioning

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Bats in the Anthropogenic Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Chiroptera and Their Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Williams‐Guillén

Olimpi

Maas

et al. 2015

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

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“…This is an important contrast, such that network planning must either take 373 a mixed approach, or select to prioritise either Odonata or remaining groups. Similarly, the 374 value of wooded connectivity networks is rather different for birds, bats and beetles 375 (Boughey et al, 2011;Davies & Pullin, 2007). This adds to previously stated concerns over 376 the use of single taxonomic groups as proxies for other biodiversity (Noss, 1990).…”

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Modelling biodiversity distribution in agricultural landscapes to support ecological network planning

Mossman

Panter

Dolman

2015

Landscape and Urban Planning

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Strategic approaches to biodiversity conservation increasingly emphasise the restoration of ecological connectivity at landscape scales. However, understanding where these connecting elements should be placed in the landscape is critical if they are to provide both value for money and for biodiversity. For such planning to be effective, it is necessary to have information of the distributions of multiple taxa, however, this is of poor quality for many taxa. We show that sparse, non-systematically collected biological records can be modelled using readily available environmental variables to meaningfully predict potential biodiversity richness, including rare and threatened species, across a landscape. Using a large database of ad-hoc biological records (50 501 records of 502 species) we modelled the richness of wetland biodiversity across the Fens, a formerly extensive wetland, now agricultural landscape in eastern England. We used these models to predict those parts of the agricultural ditch network of greatest potential conservation value and compared this to current strategic network planning. Odonata distribution differed to that of other groups, indicating that single taxon groups may not be effective proxies for other priority biodiversity. Our results challenged previous assumptions that river channels should comprise the main connecting elements in the Fens region. Rather, areas of high ditch density close to a main river are likely to be of greater value and should be targeted for enhancement. This approach can be adopted elsewhere in order to improve the evidence-base for strategic networks plans, increasing their value for money. Dear EditorThank you for the detailed and insightful comments from reviewers and we are grateful for the invitation to submit a revised version of the paper.We have substantially revised our ms in order to address the reviewers comments, including more clearly stating our aims and objectives, clarifying aspects of our methodology and highlighting the wider relevance of the paper.We have carefully considered Reviewer 2's comments on our modelling methodology and conducted a detailed review of the literature. Following this review, we have retained our original approach because we believe that it is the most appropriate given the challenges of our data set. We provide a detailed discussion of other methodological approaches and why we do not believe they are more suitable in this instance in response to Reviewer 2, and have included a shortened version of this in our revised ms.We are grateful to the reviewers for their detailed and careful consideration of the manuscript. Revising the paper to address all comments of the reviewers has helped us to substantially improve the paper, which we are now confident is clearer and more robust.Below, we list the original comments and beneath each detail in italics our response. We hope the paper will now be suitable for publication in Landscape and Urban Planning. Thank you for the detailed and insightful comments from reviewer...

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“…Nonetheless, colonization by pioneer species is an important mechanism creating microhabitats favorable to late species and attracting more seed dispersing animals (Wunderle 1997;Florentine & Westbrooke 2004). Boughey et al (2011) found that some bat species use hedgerows as narrow as 2 m, reinforcing the value of linear structures in providing food resources and shelter for these mammals.…”

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Plant diversity in hedgerows amidst Atlantic Forest fragments

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Hedgerows are linear structures found in agricultural landscapes that may facilitate dispersal of plants and animals and also serve as habitat. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among diversity and ecological traits of woody plants, hedgerow characteristics (size, age, and origin), and the structure of the surrounding Atlantic Forest landscape. Field data were collected from 14 hedgerows, and landscape metrics from 1000-m buffers surrounding hedgerows were recorded from a thematic map. In all sampled hedgerows, arboreal species were predominantly zoochoric and early-succession species, and hedgerow width was an important factor explaining the richness and abundance of this group of species. Connection with forest vegetation did not explain richness and abundance of animal-dispersed species, but richness of non-zoochoric species increased in more connected hedgerows. These results suggest that hedgerows are probably colonized by species arriving from nearby early-succession sites, forest fragment edges, and isolated trees in the matrix. Nonetheless, hedgerows provide resources for frugivorous animals and influence landscape connectivity, highlighting the importance of these elements in the conservation of biodiversity in fragmented and rural landscapes.

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Improving the biodiversity benefits of hedgerows: How physical characteristics and the proximity of foraging habitat affect the use of linear features by bats

Cited by 121 publications

References 35 publications

Bats in the Anthropogenic Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Chiroptera and Their Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Bats in the Anthropogenic Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Chiroptera and Their Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Modelling biodiversity distribution in agricultural landscapes to support ecological network planning

Plant diversity in hedgerows amidst Atlantic Forest fragments

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