The relationship between local extinctions of grassland butterflies and increased soil nitrogen levels

By Erik Öckinger, Olle Hammarstedt, S. Nilsson, Henrik G. Smith. 2006

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

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Ecological impacts of early 21st century agricultural change in Europe--a review. (2009, background): “Long-term changes in butterfly and moth abundance in grassland sites in Sweden showed contrasting trends for species dependent on nutrient-poor conditions, which tended to decrease, and species dependent on nutrient-rich conditions, which tended to increase (Öckinger et al., 2006).”
Insect Declines in the Anthropocene. (2020, background): “Butter"y declines in northern Europe have been linked to nitrogen deposition, particularly that associated with oligotrophic grasslands (64, 65, 134, 193).”
Intensive game keeping, coppicing and butterflies: The story of Milovicky Wood, Czech Republic (2006, background): “This increases soil nitrogen, promoting competitively superior plants (Chytry and Danihelka, 1993), whereas many butterflies depend on poorly competitive stresstolerant plants (cf. Dennis et al., 2004; Ockinger et al., 2006).”
Semi‐natural grasslands as population sources for pollinating insects in agricultural landscapes (2006, background): “suffered from agricultural intensification and landscape change and many species show negative population trends (Maes & van Dyck 2001; Warren et al. 2001; Thomas et al. 2004; Goulson et al. 2005; Ockinger et al. 2006).”
Contrasting trends of butterfly species preferring semi-natural grasslands, field margins and forest edges in northern Europe (2007, methodology): “In addition to the association between species habitat preferences and trends in occupancy, we study whether the trends are associated with species traits, following the recent studies by Maes and van Dyck (2001), Kotiaho et al. (2005), Öckinger et al. (2006) and Wenzel et al. (2006).”
Predicting extinction risk of butterflies and moths (Macrolepidoptera) from distribution patterns and species characteristics (2007, background): “In Sweden much of the decline has been unknown until now but the decline in southern Sweden has been found to be severe (Douwes 2004; Öckinger et al. 2006).”
Frontiers inEcology and the Environment From research to action : enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators (2014, background): “Most bee species are ground nesters, and other groups of insects also greatly depend on soil conditions (Öckinger et al. 2006).”
Impact of farm size and topography on plant and insect diversity of managed grasslands in the Alps (2009, background): “On the other hand, adult butterflies, being nectar-feeding insects, should occur at higher densities in meadows with greater availability of nectar-rich flowers (Öckinger et al., 2006).”
Emerging issues and challenges in conservation of biodiversity in the rangelands of Tanzania (2013, background): “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).”
Diversity and trait composition of moths respond to land-use intensification in grasslands: generalists replace specialists (2017, background): “…after intensification of land-use activities by the three most common management interventions, namely grazing, mowing and fertilization (Debinski et al. 2011; Johst et al. 2006; Krause and Culmsee 2013; Lanta et al. 2009; Moranz et al. 2012; Öckinger et al. 2006a; van den Berg et al. 2011).”
Pathways for the effects of increased nitrogen deposition on fauna (2017, background): “Öckinger et al. (2006) found a correlation between the decrease of butterfly species and increased N deposition and suggest a decrease in abundance or availability of host plants.”
Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers (2019, background): “In terrestrial ecosystems, the diversity of plants and associated insect populations correlates negatively with nitrogen input (Öckinger et al., 2006; Pollard et al., 1998; van Swaay et al., 2006).”
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…”
Long‐term land‐use changes and extinction of specialised butterflies (2008, methodology): “The assumption that species extinction in local butterfly faunas is less in southern Sweden than further south and west in Europe (Öckinger et al., 2006) is not supported by the two long-term studies available (Table 5).”
Importance of boreal grasslands in Sweden for butterfly diversity and effects of local and landscape habitat factors (2007, background): “Maes and Van Dyck 2001; Robinson and Sutherland 2002; Krauss et al. 2003b; Bergman et al. 2004; Wenzel et al. 2006; Ockinger et al. 2006 ).”