2003
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3207(02)00297-5
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The impact of mowing as a management strategy for wet meadows on spider (Araneae) communities

Abstract: Meadows are often managed by mowing to prevent succession and brushwood encroachment. This management practice is efficient to maintain plant diversity, but the effect on arthropod groups is less well known. We sampled spiders in the Grande Caric¸aie (Switzerland), a site of nature conservation importance, in two types of wet meadows, an unmanaged site and one 2-years-old mown conditions. Numbers of individuals for the most abundant families, diversity measures, and indicator taxa were compared among vegetatio… Show more

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“…This is emphasised in this study by the high number of individuals (1953 individuals, Table 2) that hatched from these compartments on unmown meadows, even if they are not significantly higher compared with those from tufts and leaves. The loss of individuals and shelter (Cattin et al 2003) is the worst-case scenario for overwintering and recolonisation in spring, whereby the loss of structural diversity caused by the autumnal mowing process reduces the winter protection effect of the meadow (e.g. Potts 2012, Wagner et al 2014, so that the number of species and individuals decreases, even in the remaining structures.…”
Section: Plant Compartments As Places For Insect Hibernation -The Rolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is emphasised in this study by the high number of individuals (1953 individuals, Table 2) that hatched from these compartments on unmown meadows, even if they are not significantly higher compared with those from tufts and leaves. The loss of individuals and shelter (Cattin et al 2003) is the worst-case scenario for overwintering and recolonisation in spring, whereby the loss of structural diversity caused by the autumnal mowing process reduces the winter protection effect of the meadow (e.g. Potts 2012, Wagner et al 2014, so that the number of species and individuals decreases, even in the remaining structures.…”
Section: Plant Compartments As Places For Insect Hibernation -The Rolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Az élőhely struktúrája erősebb hatással van a pókközösségekre, mint a növényi fajösszetétel, így lehetséges, hogy csökkenő növényi fajszám mellett is emelkedik a pókközösség diverzitása (Dennis et al 2001). Cattin et al (2003) szerint a vegetáció és a fűavar struktúrája legerősebben a hálószövők (Araneidae, Linyphiidae családok) fajösszetételét határozza meg. Számos nappali vadászó fajok az alacsony vegetációjú foltokhoz kötődnek (Dennis et al 2001).…”
Section: Tscharntke 2005a)unclassified
“…A pókok érzékenyen indikálják a mezőgazdasági művelés intenzitásának változását, inszekticidek használatát, kaszálást (Cattin et al 2003), legeltetést (Bell et al 2001, Dennis et al 2001, Warui et al 2005. A legeltetés hatása annak intenzitásától függ (Batáry et al 2008, Horváth et al 2009.…”
Section: Tscharntke 2005a)unclassified
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