Invertebrate populations in miscanthus (Miscanthus×giganteus) and reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea) fields

By T. Semere, F. Slater. 2007

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Quantifying the impacts of bioenergy crops on pollinating insect abundance and diversity: a field‐scale evaluation reveals taxon‐specific responses (2013, background): “Butterflies are the only pollinator taxa previously investigated in Miscanthus fields and were found to be more abundant in Miscanthus compared with reed canary grass (Semere & Slater 2007) and compared with arable field margins (Haughton et al. 2009).”
Renewable energy and biodiversity: Implications for transitioning to a Green Economy (2017, background): “miscanthus, switchgrass) can provide habitat to a number of species [221,222].”
Implications of Three Biofuel Crops for Beneficial Arthropods in Agricultural Landscapes (2010, background): “) in England [3, 40] and carabid beetles in corn and switchgrass in the southeastern USA [48].”
An integrated biogeochemical and economic analysis of bioenergy crops in the Midwestern United States (2010, background): “These grasses have high efficiency of converting solar radiation to biomass and in using nutrients and water, and have good pest and disease resistance (Semere & Slater, 2007; CliftonBrown et al., 2008).”
The impact of growing miscanthus for biomass on farmland bird populations (2009, background): “lished study of wildlife in miscanthus also found few insects on the crop plants but high diversity and numbers on weeds within the fields [7].”