Local and landscape level variables influence butterfly diversity in critically endangered South African renosterveld

Topp, Emmeline N.; Loos, Jacqueline

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“…Research on butterfly populations, particularly on metapopulation structure and habitat quality has led to the development and delivery of landscape scale conservation and urban butterfly ecology initiatives. This broad tradition is maintained in this volume with several papers in this field (Münsch et al 2019;Sielezniew et al 2019;Topp and Loos 2019;Viljur et al 2019;León-Cortés et al 2019).…”

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Celebrating 50 years of Butterfly Conservation: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths

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Butterfly Conservation (UK)'s 8th International Symposium was held at the University of Southampton between the 6th and 8th April 2018, Butterfly Conservations 50th anniversary year. Over 200 delegates listened to 78 talks and read 46 posters from 24 countries across the world.This was Butterfly Conservation's second symposium entitled "The Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies and Moths", the title being deliberately broad to encourage as many scientists and conservation practitioners from a diverse range of disciplines from around the world to gather and share their research and conservation action with a global community of Lepidopterists (Dover et al. 2015). The 18 papers published in this special issue of the Journal of Insect Conservation reflect the broad theme of the symposium.Much of this special volume is concerned about the status, ecology and conservation actions needed for rare and threatened species and their habitats at a range of scales (

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“…This sampling method uses an initial group of participants to nominate other stakeholders relevant to the study (Prell 2011). We initially contacted land managers who owned renosterveld and were selected using a stratified random approach in a previous study of butterfly diversity in the region (Topp and Loos 2019b). We interviewed these individuals and asked them to identify other stakeholders of renosterveld conservation.…”

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“…In other words, renosterveld land managers are integral stakeholders to conserve biodiversity. However, many private renosterveld patches are poorly managed (e.g., https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss3/art17/ overgrazed, invaded by alien species) or remain completely unmanaged (Topp and Loos 2019b). For example, despite fire being an essential ecological driver of renosterveld vegetation, some fragments remain unburned for several decades due to fire suppression by landowners (Cousins et al 2018).…”

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Limited knowledge flow among stakeholders of critically endangered renosterveld in South Africa

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Despite its status as a biodiversity hotspot, the renosterveld ecosystem within the Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, widely lacks the implementation of measures for biodiversity conservation in the Swartland, even though management plans exist. Though formally protected by law, most renosterveld remnants occur on privately owned agricultural land and therefore depend on private land management. Effective measures, and therefore, effective management of renosterveld for conservation, require various forms of knowledge, including scientific and technical knowledge. Knowledge flows through networks among various stakeholders connected through social relationships and enables individuals to acquire, transmit, and create understanding. We assessed the flow of knowledge and advice through a social network of renosterveld stakeholders. We interviewed 53 individuals, of which 32 were renosterveld private land managers, to determine participants' knowledge sources and network connections. The resulting information and advice networks suggest that land managers are relatively isolated from renosterveld-related knowledge. Of the interviewed land managers, 19% did not identify any knowledge sources, and 91% stated they did not receive any advice. Members of academia provided most of the received knowledge (29%). Seventeen percent of all exchanged knowledge stemmed from governmental organizations, and 5% from land managers. The findings suggest that renosterveld land managers have limited access to biodiversity knowledge, and there are limited numbers of connections between land managers and external parties (e.g., researchers, conservationists). Thus, the current knowledge sharing structures are insufficient to inform conservation management of critically endangered renosterveld in the Swartland. In this context, bridging organizations and knowledge brokers are crucial components for biodiversity conservation.

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“…In England and in the Netherlands, respectively, 42% and 24% of the resident breeding species became extinct in the late 19th and the 20th centuries [35]. There have been reports of similar declines in Japan, and in hotspots of butterfly endemism such as Brazil, South Africa, and Australia [36][37][38][39]. The intensification of human land use, for the purposes of agriculture, in particular, remains the major cause of butterfly declines and of the changes in community composition [40].…”

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Significance of Apoidea as Main Pollinators. Ecological and Economic Impact and Implications for Human Nutrition

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Wild and managed bees provide pollination services to crops and wild plants, as well as a variety of other services beneficial to humans. Honey bees are the most economically valuable pollinator worldwide. It has been calculated that 9.5% of the total economic value of agricultural production comes from insect pollination, thus amounting to just under USD 200 billion globally. More than 100 important crops depend on pollination by honey bees. The latter pollinate not only a wide number of commercial crops but also many wild plants, some of which are threatened by extinction and constitute a valuable genetic resource. Moreover, as pollinators, honey bees play a significant role in every aspect of the ecosystem by facilitating the growth of trees, flowers, and other plants that serve as food and shelter for many large and small creatures. In this paper, we describe how the reduction in honey bee populations affects various economic sectors, as well as human health.

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Local and landscape level variables influence butterfly diversity in critically endangered South African renosterveld

Cited by 15 publications

References 41 publications

Celebrating 50 years of Butterfly Conservation: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths

Celebrating 50 years of Butterfly Conservation: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths

Limited knowledge flow among stakeholders of critically endangered renosterveld in South Africa

Significance of Apoidea as Main Pollinators. Ecological and Economic Impact and Implications for Human Nutrition

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