Die fauna der wiesen unter besonderer berücksichtigung der mahd. (Ein beitrag zur agrarökologie)

Boness, Martin

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“…In the present investigation (Table 2 , Figure 6B), flies tend to be the largest group on meadows with a focus on plant compartments near the ground, a finding which agrees with the results of Boness (1953). The high value of vegetation compartments for dipterans has previously been discussed by Braune (1971), Bockwinkel (1988) and Schäfer (1993).…”

Section: Insect Orders -Their Hibernal Occurrence In Plant Organssupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Heteroptera: Only a few heteropterans hibernated as adults and so their numbers were low until the adults of the egg hibernating species emerged in late June (Boness 1953). This is supported by the low number of adult heteropterans found in this study.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Benedetter-Herramhof and Bejvl 2009) such as flower, stem and ground layers that play diverse roles for hibernating insects (Frey 1913, Mansingh 1971, Denlinger 2002, especially since adults, larvae and eggs need different environmental conditions. Renken (1956) and Boness (1953) have postulated that insects migrate to more protected areas (e.g. shrubs, trees, deadwood, soil) to reduce the risk of freezing to death.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, Pywell et al (2005), who stress the value of tufts for beetles and spiders, , Boness (1953), Thomas et al (1992b) and Bürki and Pfiffner (2000) mention a variety of hibernation sites for Coleoptera, such as tufts, stems (reed) and leaf litter.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Following the life cycle, especially of grasshoppers or some true bugs (Boness 1953), the "autumnal mowing" regime might be best suited to support their undisturbed larval development from spring to late summer. This concept generally protects insects with late imaginal stages (Boness 1953). The results of the current study especially argue in favour of the "summer mowing" concept ( Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Insect hibernation on urban green land: a winter-adapted mowing regime as a management tool for insect conservation

Unterweger¹,

Klammer²,

Unger³

et al. 2018

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Citation: Unterweger PA, Klammer J, Unger M, Betz O (2018) Insect hibernation on urban green land: a winter-adapted mowing regime as a management tool for insect conservation. BioRisk 13: 1-29. https://doi.org/10.3897/biorisk.13.22316 AbstractInsect conservation is challenging on various ecological scales. One largely neglected aspect is the quality of undisturbed hibernation sites. This study aims to fill a lack of knowledge concerning insect hibernation on uncut meadows persisting in urban green spaces during the winter season in a middle-sized town in south Germany. During two years of sampling, 13,511 insect specimens of the orders Heteroptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera were caught from their winter stands. The specimens were assigned to 120 families and 140 taxonomic species were determined from the orders Heteroptera, Coleoptera and Diptera and 324 morphotypes from the orders Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera. The data indicate the importance of winter fallows for insect hibernation. Unmown meadows offer additional plant structures in winter (flower heads, stems, tufts and leaves) that are absent from mown ones. This increased structural diversity results in both higher species diversity and numbers of insect individuals during spring emergence. The results of this study thus emphasise the value of unmown structures for insect conservation and suggest a mosaic-like cutting maintenance of meadows, way-and river-sides and other green infrastructure in both the urban area and the open landscape.

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