The effect of arable field margin composition on invertebrate biodiversity

By B. Meek, D. Loxton, T. Sparks, Richard F. Pywell, H. Pickett, M. Nowakowski. 2002

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

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Late-Season Seed Production in Arable Weed Communities: Management Implications (2012, background): “Another proposed approach is to sow field margins with diverse weed communities for promoting farmland biodiversity, while keeping the crop fields weed-free throughout the season as much as feasible (Meek et al. 2002).”
Foraging trip duration of bumblebees in relation to landscape‐wide resource availability (2006, background): “Seminatural habitats provide diverse, but often scattered food plants, which are continuously flowering throughout the colony cycle from early spring to late summer ( von Hagen, 1994; Corbet, 1995; Meek et al. , 2002 ).”
Comparing the efficacy of agri‐environment schemes to enhance bumble bee abundance and diversity on arable field margins (2006, background): “Removing arable field margins from the cropping system can potentially provide increased forage resources for bumble bees, as well as a greater diversity of habitats for other invertebrates (Feber, Smith & Macdonald 1996; Meek et al. 2002; Asteraki et al. 2004).”
Assessing the value of annual and perennial forage mixtures for bumblebees by direct observation and pollen analysis (2006, background): “…enhance the abundance and diversity of nectar- and pollen-feeding insects compared with margins sown with tussocky grass mixtures, conventional crops, treated as conservation headlands or ploughed and left to regenerate naturally (Meek et al., 2002; Carvell et al., 2004; Pywell et al., 2005).”
Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review (2011, background): “Several studies have demonstrated that different insect groups prefer different types of sown margins (e.g. Meek et al., 2002; Pywell et al., 2007).”
Agroecosystem management and biotic interactions: a review (2011, background): “Flower strips favouring the development of flower-dependent specialist predators and parasitoids also make very good refuges for ground-dwelling beneficial species 2–3 years after the planting of several tussock grasses (Nentwig 1988; Frank and Nentwig 1995; Pfiffner and Luka 2000; Meek et al. 2002;”
The effect of grazing on bumblebees in the high rangelands of the eastern Tibetan Plateau of Sichuan (2008, background): “Degradation of forage flowers in agricultural habitats (Williams 1986; Osborne et al. 1991; Meek et al. 2002) and use of pesticides and fertilizer (Williams 1986; Pywell et al. 2005) are likely to be among the main causes for the decline.”
Spillover of functionally important organisms between managed and natural habitats (2012, background): “Crop habitats can be hostile environments for many natural enemies and predators of insect herbivores (Kleijn et al., 2001; Meek et al., 2002), which as a result often rely on surrounding natural areas for their persistence.”