Effects of habitat management on vegetation and above-ground nesting bees and wasps of orchard meadows in Central Europe |
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Authors: | Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter Kathleen Leschke |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Waldweg 26, Göttingen, D-37073, Germany |
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Abstract: | We studied the vegetation, stand structure and communities of above-ground nesting bees and wasps in 45 orchard meadows that were grazed, mown or abandoned (15 of each) in an agricultural landscape near Göttingen, Germany. Total species richness of plants was significantly lower and the proportion of dead wood was significantly higher on abandoned meadows compared to mown or grazed meadows. Species richness of bees, eumenid wasps and sphecid wasps did not differ between the three management types. Abundance of sphecid wasps was significantly higher on abandoned than on managed orchard meadows. Landscape context did not affect management type. The results suggest that management practises affect vegetation more significantly than the studied insect groups. |
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Keywords: | Grazing Hymenoptera Insect communities Landscape context Mowing Semi-natural habitats Species richness |
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