Enhancing the diversity of breeding invertebrates within field margins of intensively managed grassland: Effects of alternative management practices.

ABSTRACT: Severe declines in biodiversity have been well documented for many taxonomic groups due to intensification of agricultural practices. Establishment and appropriate management of arable field margins can improve the diversity and abundance of invertebrate groups; however, there is much less research on field margins within grassland systems. Three grassland field margin treatments (fencing off the existing vegetation "fenced"; fencing with rotavation and natural regeneration "rotavated" and; fencing with rotavation and seeding "seeded") were compared to a grazed control in the adjacent intensively managed pasture. Invertebrates were sampled using emergence traps to investigate species breeding and overwintering within the margins. Using a manipulation experiment, we tested whether the remov

SUBMITTER: Fritch RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5696416 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature