The effects of structure and its dynamics on the ecology and conservation of arthropods in British grasslands

By M. Morris. 2000

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

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Biodiversity on urban roundabouts—Hemiptera, management and the species–area relationship (2004, methodology): “Habitat management has long been recognized as having a major effect on grassland Hemiptera communities (Morris, 2000).”
Herbivore and pollinator responses to grassland management intensity along experimental changes in plant species richness (2012, background): “Vegetation structure is an important parameter for grasshoppers in large-scale habitats (Morris, 2000), but is of minor importance for experiments at smaller scales (such as ours), where patches of different vegetation structure are in close vicinity.”
Ground spider assemblages as indicators for habitat structure in inland sand ecosystems (2010, background): “short, tall, open, dense vegetation types) should be created to ensure that the ecological needs of invertebrate trophic levels and certain species are met (Morris 2000; Woodcock et al. 2005; Schmidt et al. 2008; Woodcock and Pywell 2009).”
Impact of different meadow mowing techniques on field invertebrates (2010, background): “The refuges will also provide structure, shelter and food for many organisms after haying which highly reduced vegetation biomasses (Morris 2000; Broyer 2003; Braschler et al. 2009; Gardiner and Hassall 2009).”
Insect communities and biotic interactions on fragmented calcareous grasslands - a mini review (2002, background): “Habitat quality of calcareous grasslands mainly depends on the opposing forces of succession and management (Morris, 2000).”
Effects of habitat management on vegetation and above-ground nesting bees and wasps of orchard meadows in Central Europe (2003, background): “Management by grazing or mowing is known to alter the botanical composition and structure of grassland vegetation (Morris 2000).”
Effects of vegetation structure and floristic diversity on detritivore, herbivore and predatory invertebrates within calcareous grasslands (2009, methodology): “Such policy measures, while representing an important step towards the conservation of these habitats, must be underpinned by a mechanistic understanding of community responses to management (Morris 2000; Wallis De Vries et al. 2002; Woodcock et al. 2005).”
Effects of livestock breed and grazing intensity on biodiversity and production in grazing systems. 4. Effects on animal diversity (2007, background): “It is clear that species differ in ecological requirements and may therefore show contrasting responses to different types of management (e.g. Morris, 1990; 2000; Bourn and Thomas, 2002; Dennis et al., 2004).”
Management to enhance pollen and nectar resources for bumblebees and butterflies within intensively farmed landscapes (2011, background): “Cutting has direct effects on the vegetation and associated invertebrates through the removal of the vegetation structure and flowers (Morris 2000).”
Effects of livestock grazing on pollination on a steppe in eastern Mongolia (2008, background): “Overgrazing should affect the relationship indirectly via its effects on the structure of plant communities or on competitive relationships within plant assemblages (Morris, 2000), as seen in forest in Argentina (Vazquez and Simberloff, 2003, 2004) and in Spain (Gómez, 2005).”
Enhancing pollinator biodiversity in intensive grasslands (2009, background): “Grazing and cutting remove existing floral food resources (Duffey et al. 1974; Morris 2000; Kruess & Tscharntke 2002) and reduce tussock grass structures which provide shelter for invertebrates (Morris 2000; Woodcock et al.”
Grazing management of calcareous grasslands and its implications for the conservation of beetle communities (2005, background): “In the case of the phytophagous guilds, the importance of sward structure extends beyond simply the refuge attributes associated with structurally complex vegetation and is likely to also involve the direct utilisation of vegetation structures as food resources (Morris, 1967, 2000b).”
Uncut grass refuges mitigate the impact of mechanical meadow harvesting on orthopterans (2012, background): “…Valtonen et al., 2006), spiders (e.g. Baines et al., 1998; Cattin et al., 2003; Nyffeler and Breene, 1990; Schmidt et al., 2008), plant- and leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) (Nickel and Achtziger, 2005), and many other groups (see Fenner and Palmer, 1998; Hoste-Danylow et al., 2010; Morris, 2000).”
RESTORATION OF BUTTERFLY AND MOTH COMMUNITIES IN SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLANDS BY CATTLE GRAZING (2004, background): “These results are similar to the conclusions made in two recent reviews on the effects of management in structuring insect communities in grasslands (Morris 2000, Swengel 2001).”