Diversity of co‐flowering plants at field margins potentially sustains an abundance of insects visiting buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum , in an agricultural landscape

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuta Nagano ◽  
Tadashi Miyashita ◽  
Hisatomo Taki ◽  
Tomoyuki Yokoi
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Fagopyrum Esculentum ◽  
Field Margins

scholarly journals The influence of field margins on the presence and spatial distribution of the European mole Talpa europaea L. within the agricultural landscape of northern Poland

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 971-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Zurawska-Seta ◽  
T. Barczak
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Field Margins ◽  
Talpa Europaea ◽  
Northern Poland ◽  
European Mole ◽  
Arable Fields ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
The Impact

European moles are widespread in both cultivated and uncultivated areas in Poland. Their occurrence and distribution in relation to the physical and chemical characteristics of soil has been already studied in previous research. However, there is still an open question about the impact of the structure of anthropogenic habitats produced by agriculture on moles. The main aim of this study is to assess the influence of different kinds of field margins on the presence and spatial distribution of the European mole Talpa europaea L. in farmlands. Methods included the monitoring of six investigative sites in northern Poland. Observations were made during three six-month periods in 2005-2008 of the presence or absence of moles as recognized by recent molehills and surface tunnels. There was a very clear tendency by moles to occupy areas within arable fields close to field boundaries with wide verges containing ruderal and woodland communities with a spacious zone of ecotones. Narrow boundary strips were avoided by moles. In conclusion, the conducted research confirms that field margins have an impact on the presence and spatial distribution of moles within ploughed lands. Our results may be helpful in improving the relation between agricultural development and biodiversity conservation, and the rational use of nature by humankind.

scholarly journals Farmland biodiversity: wildflower-sown islands within arable fields and grassy field margins both promote spider diversity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Rischen ◽  
Katharina Geisbüsch ◽  
Daniel Ruppert ◽  
Klaus Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Field Margins ◽  
Farmland Biodiversity ◽  
Power Pole

Abstract Agricultural intensification and the concomitant landscape homogenization is leading to a worldwide decline in farmland biodiversity. Non-crop habitats in agroecosystems may counteract the loss of arthropods such as spiders and thus contribute to sustainable agriculture. However, the effectiveness of field margins and set-aside wildflower-sown patches in maintaining spider diversity is not well understood. Here, we investigated the effects of three different non-crop habitats, namely field margins, set-aside wildflower-sown patches under power poles (‘power pole islands’), and grassland fallows on spider diversity as compared to wheat fields in an agricultural landscape in western Germany. Using pitfall trapping and suction sampling, we show that species richness and overall conservation value were higher in non-crop habitats than in wheat fields. Interestingly, field margins and power pole islands differed from long-term grassland fallows only in conservation value, which was significantly higher in grassland fallows. Species assemblages differed considerably between grassland fallows, field margins and power pole islands, and wheat fields, documenting the added value of using different conservation strategies. Implications for insect conservation Small-scale non-crop habitats adjacent to wheat fields were surprisingly effective in promoting spider diversity in an agricultural landscape, with field margins and power pole islands being equally effective. To maximize overall diversity in agricultural landscapes, we propose a combination of larger long-term fallows and smaller non-crop habitats such as field margins or set-aside wildflower-sown patches.

scholarly journals The effect of Agricultural Landscape Type on Field Margin Flora in South Eastern Poland

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Wrzesień ◽  
Bożena Denisow
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Detrended Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Plant Species Diversity ◽  
Field Margins ◽  
Landscape Type

Abstract Plant species diversity is threatened in many agricultural landscapes due to the changes it has to undergo. Although the modification of the agricultural landscape pattern is observed across Europe, both extensive and intensive agricultural landscapes still co-exist in Poland. The objective of the study was to examine the flora in field margins in intensively and extensively managed agricultural landscapes, located across three regions in SE Poland. The flora was compared with respect to species richness, diversity, and evenness indices. Detrended correspondence analysis was employed to characterise variation in species composition. Agricultural landscape type made a higher contribution than the topography or geology to species richness and composition in field margins. Field margins function as important habitats for general vascular plant species diversity and are useful for the conservation of rare, threatened, endangered or bee plants. A significant decline in species diversity was observed over a distance of 1000 m from the habitat elements. Plants growing on field margins are mainly perennials; however participation of annuals clearly increases in intensive landscapes. The participation of wind-dispersed species decreased in an open-spaced intensive landscape. Animal-dispersed plants predominated in an extensive landscape with forest islands. Irrespective of landscape type, native species predominated. However, these habitats create the biota and corridors for alien-invasive species as well.

scholarly journals Yearlong association of insect pollinator, Pseudapis oxybeloides with flowering plants: Planted forest vs. agricultural landscape

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1799-1803
Author(s):  
Asif Sajjad ◽  
Mudssar Ali ◽  
Shafqat Saeed ◽  
Muhammad Amjad Bashir ◽  
Intazar Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Planted Forest ◽  
Insect Pollinator

Comparing weed composition in natural and planted hedgerows and in herbaceous field margins adjacent to crop fields

2001 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Boutin ◽  
Benoît Jobin ◽  
Luc Bélanger ◽  
Line Choinière
Keyword(s):  
Weed Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Lythrum Salicaria ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Field Margins ◽  
Invasive Weeds ◽  
Perennial Plant ◽  
Crop Fields ◽  
Weedy Species

Hedgerows and field margins are common features of the agricultural landscape in southern Québec. In the last decade, hedgerow establishment has been encouraged primarily for the prevention of soil erosion, though many farmers view them as reservoirs of invasive weeds and pests. In this study, we compared weed assemblages of several hedgerow types and herbaceous field margins. Ranking that takes into consideration weed abundance was clearly demonstrated: planted hedgerows > herbaceous field margins > natural woody hedgerows. The latter harboured many perennial plant species of less weedy propensity than planted hedgerows, which accommodated a larger number of weedy species. In planted hedgerows close to 50% of plants were weeds, even in their central position, although planted and natural hedgerows sheltered similar weed composition in their central parts. Likewise, most species inventoried in adjacent fields were weeds. Weeds characterising the central position of hedgerows/field margins were often species of wet habitats (Lythrum salicaria L., Equisetum arvense L., Cicuta maculata L.). Management practices of hedgerows and perhaps of crop fields adjacent to hedgerows may be mostly responsible for the abundance of weeds in hedgerows and field margins. Key words: Hedgerow, field margins, weed, management practices, pesticide, fertiliser

OBSERVATIONS ON THE LONGEVITY AND FECUNDITY OF ORGILUS OBSCURATOR (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) AND THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN FOODS ON LONGEVITY

1977 ◽  
Vol 109 (7) ◽  
pp. 995-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D. Syme
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Daucus Carota ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Oviposition Rate ◽  
Fagopyrum Esculentum ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Asclepias Syriaca ◽  
Nepeta Cataria

AbstractA study was made of the longevity and fecundity of Orgilus obscurator Nees and of the effects on longevity of feeding on various flowers. This parasite is pro-ovigenic, requiring little, if any, energy to develop its eggs, but the oviposition rate of 10 eggs per day requires a longevity of up to 3 weeks to utilize fully the potential of 160–200 eggs. Feeding on several species of flowers permits this longevity. The implications of the presence of these flowering plants within pine plantations for the success of parasites are discussed and the establishment and encouragement of Daucus carota L., Fagopyrum esculentum Moench, Asclepias syriaca L., and Nepeta cataria L. in plantations are recommended within the bounds of local weed control legislation.

scholarly journals Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: different non-crop habitats increase diversity of ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera) but support different communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Rischen ◽  
Tobias Frenzel ◽  
Klaus Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Intensification ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Field Margins ◽  
Farmland Biodiversity ◽  
Permanent Grassland ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Western Germany

AbstractAgricultural intensification poses a major threat to the conservation of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Since non-crop habitats are regarded as important refuges for farmland biodiversity, various greening measures have been proposed to halt biodiversity loss. However, the effectiveness of these measures for biodiversity conservation is still under debate. Therefore, we here compared ground-dwelling beetle (Coleoptera) assemblages of different non-crop habitats (field margins, set-aside fields sown with wildflowers, and permanent grassland fallows) and wheat fields within an intensively used agricultural landscape in western Germany. Taxonomic diversity of Carabidae, Staphylinidae and other coleopteran families and their conservation value were higher in all non-crop habitats than on wheat fields. Surprisingly, though, different types of non-crop habitats did not differ in species richness or the number of threatened species. Thus, field margins and sown wildflower fields were as effective in promoting beetle diversity as grassland fallows. However, different non-crop habitats supported different species assemblages, and several species, in particular especially large ones, were restricted to grassland fallows. These results suggest that different greening measures are effective in promoting the biodiversity of beetles, and that permanent grassland fallows are essential for nature conservation. The fact that habitat types harbored different assemblages stresses the need to combine a variety of greening measures to yield the highest benefit for biodiversity.

A bustle in the hedgerow: Woody field margins boost on farm avian diversity and abundance in an intensive agricultural landscape

2017 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 153-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sacha K. Heath ◽  
Candan U. Soykan ◽  
Karen L. Velas ◽  
Rodd Kelsey ◽  
Sara M. Kross
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Field Margins ◽  
Avian Diversity ◽  
On Farm

scholarly journals The Importance of Field-Margin Location for Maintenance of Food Niches for Pollinators

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bożena Denisow ◽  
Małgorzata Wrzesień
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Field Margins ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Field Margin ◽  
Se Poland ◽  
Heterogeneous Habitats ◽  
Floral Diversity ◽  
Forage Species ◽  
And Control ◽  
Food Niches

Abstract Understanding the factors that have an impact on the diversity of forage flora in the agricultural landscape is a key issue in the maintenance and control of food niches for pollinators. Field margins are common linear structures in the agricultural landscape. In the present study, we evaluated the factors that exert an impact on the forage flora composition and on the diversity in field margins. The study was conducted in the 2010 - 2011 time period across the agricultural landscape on the Lublin Upland of SE Poland. Data on the forage flora were obtained while making floristic charts along 45 transect plots x 300 m; the total length being 13500 m. Multivariate ordination techniques (PCA and RDA) were employed to analyse forage-flora characteristics. Field margins represent valuable refuge areas for forage-species richness, but not for the abundance of forage species. On field margins, forage-species diversity benefits from the location of natural habitats (forests or meadows), primarily if the distance from these habitats is <1000 m or the field acreage is <10 ha. The shift from heterogeneous habitats to a more homogeneous landscape causes a reduction of forage floral diversity. Due to lack of dense forage-species patches, the promotion of sowing nectariferous and/or polleniferous species seems to be a reasonable management method to enhance the quantitative food niche on field margins and to support the conservation of pollinators in the areas surrounding farms.

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