6339 1 archive 666 disk0/00/00/63/39 2005-11-22 2009-08-20 14:28:56 2009-08-20 14:28:56 project show 0 Involved organisations, project partners: In cooperation with Agrofutura, Frick. fibl-plant-rotection-pests 0 Impact of high-input pasture and low-input pasture on epigeic arthropods PSSN 4.2 zother3 0 0 0 4 2005-12-31 2001-01-01 http://www.fibl.org/de/schweiz/forschung/entomologie/funktionelle-biodiversitaet.html http://www.fibl.org/english/research/plant-protection-beneficials/engineering.php http://orgprints.org/perl/search/advanced?keywords= Funktionelle+Biodiversit%C3%A4t%2C+Evaluation+Biodiversit%C3%A4t &keywords_merge=ALL&projects=fibl-plant-rotection-pests&projects_merge=ANY&_satisfyall=ALL&_order=byname&_action_search=Search FALSE Pfiffner Lukas 7biodiversity Low-input pasture, high-input pasture, biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, Funktionelle Biodiversität, Evaluation Biodiversität Definition of the problem: In Switzerland, we can state a trend that farmer convert meadows more and more to pastures. What could be the consequences for biodiversity? Project aims: Find out in what way biodiversity differs in newly established low-input pastures from high-input pastures. Analysis of the succession within the first six years. Methodology: Analysis of indicator groups in paired pastures – low-input and high input pasture – using pit-fall traps. Low-input pastures were newly established with different elements (trees, bushes and structural elements) Results, conclusion, state of the art: Communities found in low-input meadows were developing differently than in high-input meadows and were more rich in species. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), CH-5070 Frick Plant Protection "Pests and Beneficial Insects" none