Insect responses to major landscape-level disturbance

TD Schowalter - Annual review of entomology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Disturbances are abrupt events that dramatically alter habitat conditions and resource
distribution for populations and communities. Terrestrial landscapes are subject to various …

Heterogeneity fosters biodiversity: linking history and ecology of dry calcareous grasslands

J Diacon-Bolli, T Dalang, R Holderegger… - Basic and Applied …, 2012 - Elsevier
Calcareous grasslands in Central Europe harbour a high diversity of plant and animal
species. However, as man-made habitats, they need to be managed in order to maintain …

Impact of different meadow mowing techniques on field invertebrates

JY Humbert, J Ghazoul, GJ Sauter… - Journal of Applied …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐input meadows are now recognized for their high biodiversity value and form an
integral element of many agri‐environmental schemes in Europe. Meadow mowing …

Delaying mowing and leaving uncut refuges boosts orthopterans in extensively managed meadows: evidence drawn from field-scale experimentation

P Buri, R Arlettaz, JY Humbert - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Semi-natural grasslands are widely recognized for their high ecological value. They often
count among the most species-rich habitats, especially in traditional cultural landscapes …

Response of orthopteran diversity to abandonment of semi-natural meadows

L Marini, P Fontana, A Battisti, KJ Gaston - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2009 - Elsevier
The response of orthopteran communities to abandonment of extensively managed hay
meadows was investigated in an Alpine region. Fifty-five sites in four different successional …

Agricultural management, vegetation traits and landscape drive orthopteran and butterfly diversity in a grassland–forest mosaic: a multi‐scale approach

L Marini, P Fontana, A Battisti… - Insect Conservation and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
1. Most ecological processes at the population and community level act on multiple spatial
scales. We identified the influence of grassland management, vegetation traits and …

Uncut grass refuges mitigate the impact of mechanical meadow harvesting on orthopterans

JY Humbert, J Ghazoul, N Richner, T Walter - Biological Conservation, 2012 - Elsevier
Semi-natural grasslands require regular harvesting (cutting) or grazing to avoid vegetation
succession, and this is well known to promote plant diversity. However, recent studies have …

Drivers and pressures behind insect decline in Central and Western Europe based on long-term monitoring data

Q Rumohr, CU Baden, M Bergtold, MT Marx, J Oellers… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Insect declines have been discussed intensively among experts, policymakers, and the
public. Albeit, decreasing trends have been reported for a long time for various regions in …

[图书][B] Insects and sustainability of ecosystem services

TD Schowalter - 2013 - books.google.com
With few exceptions, insects are perceived in industrialized countries as undesirable pests.
In reality, relatively few insects interfere with us or our resources. Most have benign or …

Hay harvesting causes high orthopteran mortality

JY Humbert, J Ghazoul, N Richner, T Walter - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Knowledge on the direct impact of the meadow harvesting process on field invertebrates has
long been limited to studies that investigated impacts due to mowing. This study …