The importance of calcareous grasslands for butterflies in Europe

By C. V. van Swaay. 2002

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Local and landscape management drive trait‐mediated biodiversity of nine taxa on small grassland fragments (2015, background): “Previous studies focussed on few taxa with a bias on butterflies and bees (e.g. Van Swaay, 2002; Krauss et al., 2003; Br€uckmann et al., 2010; but see Zulka et al., 2013) and were rarely designed to distinguish between local management, connectivity and landscape complexity (but see Sj€odin et al.,…”
How does landscape context contribute to effects of habitat fragmentation on diversity and population density of butterflies? (2003, background): “Calcareous grasslands rank as the most species-rich habitat for butterflies in Europe (Van Swaay, 2002).”
Assessing the vulnerability of European butterflies to climate change using multiple criteria (2010, background): “…between the population declines in these species groups (van Swaay et al. 2006), we considered that grassland specialists are most vulnerable to climate change impacts, generalist species least vulnerable, and wetland and forest specialists intermediately vulnerable (see also van Swaay 2002).”
Butterfly species richness in the north‐west Mediterranean Basin: the role of natural and human‐induced factors (2004, background): “…al., 2000; Roy et al., 2001; Hill et al., 2003), plant diversity (Murdoch et al., 1972; Gaston, 1992; Hawkins & Porter, 2003) and soil acidity (van Swaay, 2002), as well as man-induced factors as farmland and urban development (Erhardt, 1985; Feber & Smith, 1995; Dover, 1996; Cowley et al., 1999;…”
Effects of habitat area, isolation, and landscape diversity on plant species richness of calcareous grasslands (2004, background): “Semi-natural calcareous grasslands belong to the most species-rich plant and insect habitats in central Europe (Van Swaay 2002; WallisDeVries et al. 2002).”
Relative importance of resource quantity, isolation and habitat quality for landscape distribution of a monophagous butterfly (2005, background): “The chalkhill blue Polyommatus coridon, (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera) and its only larval food plant in the study region, the horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa (Fabaceae), occur only on calcareous grasslands (Asher et al. 2001, Brunken 2002, Van Swaay 2002).”
Distribution patterns in butterflies and birds of the Czech Republic: separating effects of habitat and geographical position (2003, background): “…utilized by agriculture and do not support any butterfly species 2003 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Journal of Biogeography, 30, 1195–1205 (cf. Asher et al., 2001), or may represent the natural or seminatural steppes that belong among the most speciesrich habitats in Europe (Van Swaay, 2002).”
How too much care kills species: Grassland reserves, agri-environmental schemes and extinction of Colias myrmidone (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from its former stronghold (2008, background): “The last few decades have brought about two interrelated trends: agricultural intensification and land abandonment, both causing severe declines of grassland insects, including butterflies (Erhardt 1985; Thomas 1995; Maes and Van Dyck 2001; Van Swaay 2002).”
Dos and Don’ts for butterflies of the Habitats Directive of the European Union (2012, unknown): “(Dover and Settele 2009; Dover et al. 2011a; Dover et al. 2011b; Paracchini et al. 2008; Settele et al. 2008; Settele et al. 2009; van Helsdingen et al. 1998; van Swaay et al. 2010; van Swaay et al. 2011; van Swaay et al. 2006; van Swaay 2002; van Swaay et al. 2009; van Swaay and Warren 2006).”
Effects of landscape and habitat quality on butterfly communities in pre-alpine calcareous grasslands (2012, background): “Calcareous grasslands are among the most species-rich habitats in Europe, containing 48% of native European butterflies (van Swaay, 2002).”
Habitat use of the endangered butterfly Euphydryas maturna and forestry in Central Europe (2006, background): “As many declining species have been associated with biotopes maintained for centuries via traditional land husbandry (Maes & Van Dyck, 2001; van Swaay, 2002), efficient conservation is unthinkable without understanding the historical land-use patterns.”
Asymmetrical responses of forest and “beyond edge” arthropod communities across a forest–grassland ecotone (2014, unknown): “Consequently, these habitats are essential for maintaining present levels of biodiversity (Svenning 2002; Van Swaay 2002; Habel et al. 2013).”
Landscape composition and configuration differently affect trap-nesting bees, wasps and their antagonists (2014, background): “Calcareous grasslands are notably one of the most species-rich habitats in Central Europe (Poschlod and WallisDeVries, 2002; van Swaay, 2002).”