scholarly journals Road verges provide alternative habitats for some, but not all, meadow plants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Oldén ◽  
Tinja Pitkämäki ◽  
Panu Halme ◽  
Atte Komonen ◽  
Kaisa J. Raatikainen
Keyword(s):  
Road Verges

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG PLANTATION FOREST HABITAT AND FOREST ROAD-VERGES FOR GROUND-DWELLING SPIDER DIVERSITY

2013 ◽  
Vol 113B (3) ◽  
pp. 259-271
Author(s):  
Lauren Fuller ◽  
Sandra Irwin ◽  
Tom Kelly ◽  
John O'Halloran ◽  
Anne Oxbrough
Keyword(s):  
Plantation Forest ◽  
Forest Habitat ◽  
Forest Road ◽  
Road Verges

scholarly journals Ground-dwelling arthropod (Araneae, Coleoptera: Carabidae, Isopoda: Oniscidea) assemblages on Hungarian main road verges

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-111
Author(s):  
Diána Vona-Túri ◽  
Tünde Szmatona-Túri ◽  
Ferenc Kádár ◽  
Balázs Kiss ◽  
András Weiperth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Red List ◽  
Agricultural Area ◽  
Dominance Relation ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Arthropod Communities ◽  
Main Road ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Road Verges ◽  
Diverse Habitat

Abstract In this study, we research ground-dwelling arthropods along four road stretches, which represent the main verge habitats (arid grassland, agricultural area, forest, and wetland) of Hungary. Besides the faunistic investigation of arthropod communities, we described and compared dominance relation and species composition. We identified 83 carabids, 81 spiders, and 4 isopod species. Seven beetle species and one spider species are included in the invertebrate Red List of Hungary. The registered species were dominant on main road verges bordering arid grassland and wetland. Main road verges proved to be a diverse habitat; hence, it is important to carry on more investigation.

Not only the butterflies: managing ants on road verges to benefit Phengaris (Maculinea) butterflies

2010 ◽  
pp. 171-188
Author(s):  
Irma Wynhoff ◽  
René van Gestel ◽  
Chris van Swaay ◽  
Frank van Langevelde
Keyword(s):  
Road Verges ◽  
Maculinea Butterflies

scholarly journals Enhancing road verges to aid pollinator conservation: A review

2020 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 108687
Author(s):  
Benjamin B. Phillips ◽  
Claire Wallace ◽  
Bethany R. Roberts ◽  
Andrew T. Whitehouse ◽  
Kevin J. Gaston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pollinator Conservation ◽  
Road Verges

scholarly journals Factors influencing predator roadkills: The availability of prey in road verges

2019 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
pp. 644-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmo Silva ◽  
M. Paula Simões ◽  
António Mira ◽  
Sara M. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Road Verges

The Rediscovery and Distribution of Rumex drummondii (Polygonaceae) in South-Western Australia

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 397 ◽  
Author(s):  
JK Scott ◽  
PB Yeoh
Keyword(s):  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Search Theory ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
North West ◽  
River Region ◽  
Weedy Species ◽  
Road Verges ◽  
Western Australian

Rumex drummondii Meisn., a south-western Australian endemic vascular plant species recorded from widely separated localities, had not been collected for 46 years and was considered possibly extinct. The methods developed from search theory, which has been used for finding lost people or objects, were applied to finding R. drummondii, starting from previous records. Eleven populations of the species were discovered within a 50 km radius in the Kalgan River and Manypeaks region. A disjunct population of six plants was found in 1992 in a parking area at a crossing of the Moore River, 480 km north north west of the others, but had disappeared by 1994. Surveys in the Gingin Brook and Moore River region and between Kalannie and Kulja, another disjunct record, failed to find further plants. The species occupies temporarily wet depressions, lake edges and roadside excavations and dam edges protected from grazing by sheep; habitats also occupied by congeneric weedy species. The species occurs on road verges and farmland and is known from one nature reserve. The rediscovery of R. drummondii enables it to be included in the assessment of potential biological control agents for related weed species in the genera Emex and Rumex.

scholarly journals Ecosystem service provision by road verges

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 488-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin B. Phillips ◽  
James M. Bullock ◽  
Juliet L. Osborne ◽  
Kevin J. Gaston
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Road Verges

scholarly journals Species co-occurrence networks of ground beetles in managed grasslands

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merja Elo ◽  
Tarmo Ketola ◽  
Atte Komonen
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Management ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Environmental Filtering ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Species Traits ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Species Response ◽  
Grassland Type ◽  
Road Verges

AbstractGrassland biodiversity, including traditional rural biotopes maintained by traditional agricultural practices, has become threatened worldwide. Road verges have been suggested to be complementary or compensatory habitats for species inhabiting grasslands. Species co-occurrence patterns linked with species traits can be used to separate between the different mechanisms (stochasticity, environmental filtering, biotic interactions) behind community structure. Here, we study species co-occurrence networks and underlying mechanisms of ground beetle species (Carabidae) in three different managed grassland types (meadows, pastures, road verges, n = 12 in each type) in Central Finland. We aimed to find out whether road verges can be considered as compensatory to traditional rural biotopes (meadows and pastures). We found that stochasticity explained over 90% of the pairwise co-occurrences, and the non-random co-occurrences were best explained by environmental filtering, regardless of the grassland type. However, the identities and traits of the species showing non-random co-occurrences differed among the habitat types. Thus, environmental factors behind environmental filtering differ among the habitat types and are related to the site-specific characteristics and variation therein. This poses challenges to habitat management since the species’ response to management action may depend on the site-specific characteristics. Although road verges are not fully compensatory to meadows and pastures, the high similarity of species richness and the high level of shared species suggest that for carabids road verges may be corridors connecting the sparse network of the remaining traditional rural biotopes.

Road verges as habitat for small mammals in Britain

Mammal Review ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Bellamy ◽  
R. F. Shore ◽  
D. Ardeshir ◽  
J. R. Treweek ◽  
T. H. Sparks
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Road Verges

scholarly journals Seed Spillage from Grain Trailers on Road Verges during Oilseed Rape Harvest: An Experimental Survey

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e32752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Bailleul ◽  
Sébastien Ollier ◽  
Sylvie Huet ◽  
Antoine Gardarin ◽  
Jane Lecomte
Keyword(s):  
Oilseed Rape ◽  
Road Verges ◽  
Experimental Survey
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