Journal
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Volume 12, Issue 9, Pages 1953-1968Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024199513365
Keywords
grazing; Hymenoptera; insect communities; landscape context; mowing; semi-natural habitats; species richness
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We studied the vegetation, stand structure and communities of above-ground nesting bees and wasps in 45 orchard meadows that were grazed, mown or abandoned (15 of each) in an agricultural landscape near Gottingen, Germany. Total species richness of plants was significantly lower and the proportion of dead wood was significantly higher on abandoned meadows compared to mown or grazed meadows. Species richness of bees, eumenid wasps and sphecid wasps did not differ between the three management types. Abundance of sphecid wasps was significantly higher on abandoned than on managed orchard meadows. Landscape context did not affect management type. The results suggest that management practises affect vegetation more significantly than the studied insect groups.
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