The effectiveness of agri-environment schemes for the conservation of farmland moths: assessing the importance of a landscape-scale management approach: Effects of agri-environment schemes on moths

Fuentes-Montemayor, Elisa; Goulson, Dave; Park, Kirsty J.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01927.x

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The effectiveness of agri-environment schemes for the conservation of farmland moths: assessing the importance of a landscape-scale management approach: Effects of agri-environment schemes on moths

Fuentes-Montemayor, Elisa, Goulson, Dave, Park, Kirsty J.·2011·Journal of Applied Ecology

DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01927.x

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1. Agricultural intensification and expansion are regarded as major causes of worldwide declines in biodiversity during the last century. Agri-environment schemes (AES) have been introduced in many countries as an attempt to counteract the negative effects of intensive agriculture by providing financial incentives for farmers to adopt environmentally-sensitive agricultural practices. 2. We surveyed 18 pairs of AES and conventionally-managed farms in central Scotland (United Kingdom) to evaluate the effects of specific AES management prescriptions (field margins, hedgerows, species-rich grasslands and water margins) on farmland moths. We also measured the influence of the surrounding landscape on moth populations at three spatial scales (250 m, 500 m and 1 km radii from each trapping site) to assess at which scale management was most important for the conservation of farmland moths. 3. In general, percentage cover of rough grassland and scrub within 250 m of the trapping site was the most important landscape predictor for both micro- and macromoth abundance and macromoth species richness, although negative effects of urbanization were found at wider scales (within 1 km), particularly for macromoth species richness. 4. The abundance and species richness of micromoths was significantly higher within field margins and species-rich grasslands under AES management in comparison to their conventional counterparts, whereas AES water margins increased micromoth abundance, but not species richness. AES species-rich grasslands and water margins were associated with an increased macromoth abundance and species richness, and macromoths considered ‘widespread but rapidly declining’ also gained some benefits from these two AES prescriptions. In contrast, hedgerows under AES management enhanced neither micromoth nor macromoth populations. 5. Synthesis and applications. Our findings indicate that increasing the percentage cover of semi-natural environment at a local scale (e.g. within 250 m) benefits both micro- and macromoth populations, and that the implementation of simple AES management prescriptions applied to relatively small areas can increase the species richness and abundance of moth populations in agricultural environments.

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Authors: Fuentes-Montemayor, E., Goulson, D., & Park, K. J.
Affiliations: University of Stirling (GB)
ORCID: Goulson, Dave
Park, Kirsty J.
Venue: Journal of Applied Ecology
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010-12-23
Volume: 48
Issue: 3
Pages: 532-542
ISSN: 0021-8901 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01927.x
OpenAlex: W2115741548
Cited by: 108
References: 47
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FWCI: 4.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 1713 d)
Locations: Journal of Applied Ecology (publishedVersion)
Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Scottish Government
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and animal studies
Keywords: agri-environmental schemes, Lepidoptera, landscape conservation, field margins, hedgerows, species-rich grasslands, Water Margin, semi-natural habitats, urbanization impacts, agricultural intensification, moth abundance, farmland biodiversity

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