Pub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-03-23DOI: 10.1007/s10841-023-00469-9
Dan Blumgart, Marc S Botham, Rosa Menéndez, James R Bell
Moth populations have declined across large parts of north-western Europe since the mid-20th century due, in part, to agricultural intensification. Agri-environment schemes (AES) are widely implemented across Europe to protect biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Grass field margins enriched with wildflowers typically out-perform grass-only margins in terms of increasing insect abundance and diversity. However, the effect of wildflower enrichment on moths remains largely unstudied. Here, the relative importance of larval hostplants and nectar resources for adult moths within AES field margins are investigated. Two treatments and a control were compared: (i) a plain grass mix, the control, (ii) a grass mix enriched with only moth-pollinated flowers, and (iii) a grass mix enriched with 13 wildflower species. Abundance, species richness and Shannon diversity were up to 1.4, 1.8 and 3.5 times higher, respectively, in the wildflower treatment compared to plain grass. The difference in diversity between treatments became greater in the second year. There was no difference in total abundance, richness or diversity between the plain grass treatment and grass enriched with moth-pollinated flowers. The increase in abundance and diversity in the wildflower treatment was due primarily to the provision of larval hostplants, with nectar provision playing a smaller role. The relative abundance of species whose larval hostplants included sown wildflowers increased in the second year, suggesting colonisation of the new habitat. Implications for insect conservation. We show that, at the farm scale, moth diversity can be greatly enhanced and abundance moderately enhanced by sowing diverse wildflower margins, providing these insects with both larval hostplants and floral resources, compared to grass-only margins.
Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10841-023-00469-9.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-30DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00453-9
C. I. Argañaraz, J. Benitez, R. Soler, Francisco Solá, María Vanessa Lencinas
{"title":"Urbanization effect of homogenization on ground-dwelling arachnids’ diversity in natural forest and peatland remnants","authors":"C. I. Argañaraz, J. Benitez, R. Soler, Francisco Solá, María Vanessa Lencinas","doi":"10.1007/s10841-022-00453-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00453-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Conservation","volume":"27 1","pages":"283 - 294"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45133816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-27DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00449-5
M. Eckert, R. Gaigher, J. Pryke, M. Samways
{"title":"Soil arthropod assemblages reflect both coarse- and fine-scale differences among biotopes in a biodiversity hotspot","authors":"M. Eckert, R. Gaigher, J. Pryke, M. Samways","doi":"10.1007/s10841-022-00449-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00449-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Conservation","volume":"27 1","pages":"155 - 166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49197855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-27DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00454-8
S. A. A. Fathi
{"title":"Does landscape management influence communities of Psyllopsis and natural enemies on the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)?","authors":"S. A. A. Fathi","doi":"10.1007/s10841-022-00454-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00454-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Conservation","volume":"27 1","pages":"295 - 303"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43157965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-24DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00448-6
M. Montañez-Reyna, J. León-Cortés, A. Falcón-Brindis
{"title":"The diversity of moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini) from threatened mountain cloud forests in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot","authors":"M. Montañez-Reyna, J. León-Cortés, A. Falcón-Brindis","doi":"10.1007/s10841-022-00448-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00448-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Conservation","volume":"27 1","pages":"141 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43370003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00447-7
D. Dendi, S. Ajong, G. Segniagbeto, G. Amori, E. Eniang, J. Fa, Gift Simon Demaya, T. Lado, L. Luiselli
{"title":"Detecting declines of West African Goliath beetle populations based on interviews","authors":"D. Dendi, S. Ajong, G. Segniagbeto, G. Amori, E. Eniang, J. Fa, Gift Simon Demaya, T. Lado, L. Luiselli","doi":"10.1007/s10841-022-00447-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00447-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Conservation","volume":"27 1","pages":"249 - 259"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42453939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-14DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00444-w
L. Calvão, J. Brito, Driane Ferreira, E. Cunha, J. M. Oliveira-Junior, L. Juen
{"title":"Effects of the loss of forest cover on odonate communities in eastern Amazonia","authors":"L. Calvão, J. Brito, Driane Ferreira, E. Cunha, J. M. Oliveira-Junior, L. Juen","doi":"10.1007/s10841-022-00444-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00444-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Conservation","volume":"27 1","pages":"205 - 218"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45362460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-12DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00445-9
Julia Fürst, K. Bollmann, M. Gossner, P. Duelli, M. Obrist
{"title":"Increased arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness in an agricultural landscape after 32 years","authors":"Julia Fürst, K. Bollmann, M. Gossner, P. Duelli, M. Obrist","doi":"10.1007/s10841-022-00445-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00445-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Conservation","volume":"27 1","pages":"219 - 232"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43572183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-07DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00446-8
Alyx Scott, Kelsey Contreras, Misty Stevenson, Kalynn L. Hudman, J. Kopachena
{"title":"Survival of eggs to third instar of late-summer and fall-breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and queen butterflies (Danaus gilippus) in north Texas","authors":"Alyx Scott, Kelsey Contreras, Misty Stevenson, Kalynn L. Hudman, J. Kopachena","doi":"10.1007/s10841-022-00446-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00446-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16240,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Conservation","volume":"27 1","pages":"233 - 248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45708908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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