Habitat Management for Invertebrates: A Practical Handbook

By P. Kirby. 2001

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Abundance and Species Richness of Nocturnal Insects on Organic and Conventional Farms: Effects of Agricultural Intensification on Bat Foraging (2004, background): “Kirby (2001) identified habitat continuity and structural variation as the two most important factors in maintaining insect populations at a site.”
Dispersal characteristics and management of a rare damselfly (2003, background): “In lowland heathland restoration, scrub and bracken removal are commonly used to maintain an early seral stage in heathland succession, increasing habitat for a range of vertebrates and invertebrates including common lizard Lacerta vivipara, nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus, woodlark Lullula arborea a”
Declines of prairie butterflies in the midwestern USA (2011, background): “This will foster the beneficial combination of management consistency within a patch but differences among patches of the same vegetative classification (Kirby 1992).”
A literature review of insect responses to fire, compared to other conservation managements of open habitat (2001, background): “A single large cut is less favorable than a mosaic of small-scale treatments spread over different seasons or years (Butterflies Under Threat Team 1986; Morris and Rispin 1988; Fry and Lonsdale 1991; Kirby 1992; Feber et al. 1996; Baines et al. 1998).”