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Arthropod reaction to landscape and habitat features in agricultural landscapes

Jeanneret, Philippe; Schüpbach, Beatrice; Pfiffner, Lukas and Walter, Th. (2003) Arthropod reaction to landscape and habitat features in agricultural landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 18 (3), pp. 253-263.

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Summary

Determining explanatory environmental factors that lead to patterns of biodiversity in cultivated landscapes is an important step for the assessment of the impact of landscape changes. In the context of an assessment of the effect of agricultural national extensification programme on biodiversity, field data of 2 regions were collected according to a stratified sampling method. A distribution model of 3 indicator species taxa (butterflies, spiders, and carabid beetles) is related to influencing factors by means of multivariate statistics (CCA, partial CCA). Hypothetical influencing factors are categorised as follows: (1) habitat (habitat type, management techniques) and (2) landscape (habitat heterogeneity, variability, diversity, proportion of natural and semi-natural areas). The correlation models developed for spider, carabid beetle and butterfly assemblages revealed that there are no general rules relating species diversity to habitat and landscape features. The relationship strongly depends on the organism and on the region under study. Therefore, biodiversity response to landscape and habitat changes has to be identified by means of a multi-indicator concept in different landscape situations.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Funktionelle Biodiversität
Subjects: Environmental aspects > Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Crop protection > Entomology
ISSN:print 0921-2973, online 1572-9761
Related Links:https://www.fibl.org/de/standorte/schweiz/departemente/nutzpflanzenwissenschaften/pflanzenschutz-entomologie-agraroekologie.html
Deposited By: Pfiffner, Dr. Lukas
ID Code:2758
Deposited On:08 Jun 2004
Last Modified:25 Nov 2020 11:04
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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