High mobility reduces beta-diversity among orthopteran communities - implications for conservation

Abstract

5. Measures currently included in most agri-environment schemes have only focused on the extensive management at the field scale. Our results imply that orthopteran diversity would benefit from maintaining extensively managed meadows scattered throughout the whole region, as the loss of species-rich isolated grassland patches due to abandonment or eutrophication might cause severe reductions of the regional species pool. Increasing connectivity might be also considered as a complementary measure to increase species occupancy and population persistence, particularly for sedentary species.

Keywords

Additive partitioning; agri-environment scheme; Alps; dispersal ability; grassland; habitat management; hay meadow; insect conservation; Orthoptera; species turnover

Published in

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2012, volume: 5, number: 1, pages: 37-45
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Marini, Lorenzo

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • University of Padova

• Öckinger, Erik

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Bommarco, Riccardo

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00152.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/56575