The management of lowland neutral grasslands in Britain: effects of agricultural practices on birds and their food resources

By J. Vickery, J. Tallowin, R. Feber, E. Asteraki, P. Atkinson, REBECCA J. Fuller, V. Brown. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Effects of livestock grazing on pollination on a steppe in eastern Mongolia (2008, background): “But, overuse reduces biodiversity and ecosystem function (Vickery et al., 2001; Darkoh, 2003). ight 2008 Published by ; fax: +81 3 5841 5072. ail.com (Y. Yoshihara), c vasuren), takatuki@azab Overgrazing alters plant community structure, biomass, and species composition in grasslands (Huntly, 1991;…”
Testing biotic indicator taxa: the sensitivity of insectivorous mammals and their prey to the intensification of lowland agriculture (2007, background): “However, the mechanisms by which intensification of farming affects biodiversity are diverse (Krebs et al. 1999; Vickery et al. 2001; Clough, Kruess & Tscharntke 2007).”
Influence of vegetation clutter on the capacity of ground foraging bats to capture prey (2010, background): “There is growing evidence that changes in the management of farmland are causing strong declines in many of these species (Vickery et al. 2001; Wickramasinghe et al. 2003).”
The Common Agricultural Policy, EU enlargement and the conservation of Europe's farmland birds (2002, background): “, 1997); • the replacement of hay with silage crops (Hopkins and Hopkins, 1994; Vickery et al., 2001); • abandonment of low-intensity land with high biodiversity (Diáz et al.”
Organic dairy farming: impacts on insect–flower interaction networks and pollination (2011, positive): “Intensive grasslands receive high fertilizer application rates and frequent intensive defoliation which optimizes harvested forage quality but results in degraded species pools and structurally homogenous swards (Vickery et al. 2001).”
Delaying mowing and leaving uncut refuges boosts orthopterans in extensively managed meadows: Evidence drawn from field-scale experimentation (2013, background): “Most changes linked to farming intensification negatively impact grassland biodiversity, by eliminating plant, invertebrate and vertebrate populations (e.g. Wilson et al., 1999; Vickery et al., 2001; Marini et al., 2008; Wesche et al., 2012).”
Abundance of Invertebrates and Foraging Success of Black-Tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Chicks in Relation to Agricultural Grassland Management (2007, background): “A primary ingredient of intensification of agricultural grassland use is an increase of fertiliser inputs (Beintema et al. 1985, Vickery et al. 2001), which increases plant productivity and plant nutrient content, and reduces plant species diversity by a shift towards a few dominant species…”