Long‐term land‐use changes and extinction of specialised butterflies

By S. Nilsson, Markus Franzén, E. Jönsson. 2008

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

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Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review (2011, background): “…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 semi-natural meadows and pastures – given as the main reasons.”
Emerging issues and challenges in conservation of biodiversity in the rangelands of Tanzania (2013, methodology): “Extensively grazed woodlands or tree-rich pastures are not uncommon in the area and mirror some of the 19th century grazing commons, although many of today’s tree-rich pastures are formerly open ones that have become more closed over time (Nilsson et al. 2008; Öckinger et al. 2006b).”
More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas (2017, background): “We hypothesized that successional changes in plant community [55] or changes in environmental conditions [9, 18], could have affected the local insect biomass, and hence explain the decline.”
Indirect evidence for an extinction debt of grassland butterflies half century after habitat loss (2010, result): “A higher sensitivity of specialist butterflies to habitat loss has been shown also in some other studies (e.g. Wenzel et al., 2006; Polus et al., 2007; Nilsson et al., 2008).”
The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes (2013, background): “However, range size and larval specificity correlated consistently with rates of decline or extinction risk, mirroring studies on butterflies (Warren et al., 2001; Koh et al., 2004; Nilsson et al., 2008).”
Insect Declines in the Anthropocene. (2020, background): “For centuries, small farms with !eld margins, hedgerows, fallow !elds, coppices, drainage ditches, and lightly grazed pastures provided relatively nature-friendly conditions for insects and wild"owers (2, 46, 47, 63, 64, 66, 131, 156, 174).”