The severe decline of butterflies on western German calcareous grasslands during the last 30 years: A conservation problem

By M. Wenzel, T. Schmitt, Matthias Weitzel, A. Seitz. 2006

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

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Optimizing grassland management for flower-visiting insects in roadside verges (2009, background): “This vegetation is under severe pressure as traditional land-use is increasingly replaced by either highly intensive agricultural practices or by abandonment (Öckinger et al., 2006; Wenzel et al., 2006; Marini et al., 2008).”
Protecting an ecosystem service: approaches to understanding and mitigating threats to wild insect pollinators (2016, background): “…of Europe (Biesmeijer et al., 2006; Bommarco et al., 2012a; Carvalheiro et al., 420 2013; Conrad et al., 2006; Nilsson et al., 2013; Ollerton et al., 2014; Senapathi et al., 2015; 421 Wenzel et al., 2006) and N. America (Burkle et al., 2013; Cameron et al., 2011) over the last 422 several decades.”
Further evidence for a global decline of the entomofauna (2020, background): “Major declines were noted among monophagous species, those that prefer structured landscapes, those with poor dispersal abilities and non‐ubiquitous species (Wenzel et al. 2006).”
Long‐term land‐use changes and extinction of specialised butterflies (2008, background): “With 44% of species extinct losses are similar to the worst cases in Central Europe (Maes & van Dyck, 2001; Wenzel et al., 2006), but the time period is shorter in the latter cases.”
Importance of boreal grasslands in Sweden for butterfly diversity and effects of local and landscape habitat factors (2007, background): “The most detailed studies have been conducted in grassland remnants in a matrix of arable Welds in regions of intensive agriculture (e.g. Maes and Van Dyck 2001; Robinson and Sutherland 2002; Krauss et al. 2003b; Bergman et al. 2004; Wenzel et al. 2006; Öckinger et al. 2006).”
Contrasting trends of butterfly species preferring semi-natural grasslands, field margins and forest edges in northern Europe (2007, methodology): “Differences between increasing and declining species appear to have some generality, because other recent butterfly studies conducted in Belgium (Maes and van Dyck 2001), Germany (Wenzel et al. 2006) and Sweden (Öckinger et al.”
Species traits explain recent range shifts of Finnish butterflies (2009, background): “Whereas many studies have addressed the relationship between lifehistory traits and population trend (Kotiaho et al., 2005; Öckinger et al., 2006; Wenzel et al., 2006; Jiguet et al., 2007), systematic comparative analyses of the contribution of species traits to the observed range shifts are still…”
The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes (2013, background): “In Britain (and elsewhere in north-west Europe), moderate levels of climate warming may bring opportunities for thermally constrained species such as insects and there is strong evidence, for example, that some butterflies have already expanded their ranges and flight periods in response to climate ”
Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants (2010, background): “Given the rapid losses of temperate biodiversity (e.g. Hoekstra et al. 2005; Wenzel et al. 2006), and given that nutrient-poor and disturbance-dependent biotopes such as grasslands, heaths and rocks are among those most seriously affected, the prevalence of technical reclamation schemes over…”
Emerging issues and challenges in conservation of biodiversity in the rangelands of Tanzania (2013, result): “Comparisons with other regions The present results from southern Sweden show an interesting parallel to studies elsewhere in Europe (Kuussaari et al. 2007; van Swaay et al. 2011; van Swaay et al. 2006; Wenzel et al. 2006).”
The influences of landscape structure on butterfly distribution and movement: a review (2009, background): “Wenzel et al. (2006) suggested that butterflies with poor powers of dispersal in their study of grassland communities were strongly negatively affected by landscape simplification.”
Ecological impacts of early 21st century agricultural change in Europe--a review. (2009, background): “High fertilisation levels, regular re-seeding, and frequent mowing or intensive rotational grazing have led to a dramatic decline of grassland biodiversity (Stevens et al., 2004; Kahmen and Poschlod, 2008 for plants; Verhulst et al., 2004 for birds, Wenzel et al., 2006 for butterflies).”
Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review (2011, background): “…one of the best-documented declines of insects is that of butterflies andmoths (Maes &VanDyck, 2001; Conrad et al., 2006; van Swaay et al., 2006; Wenzel et al., 2006; Kuussaari et al., 2007; Polus et al., 2007; Nilsson et al., 2008), with habitat loss and fragmentation – especially of…”