Factors influencing herpetofauna abundance and diversity in a tropical agricultural landscape mosaic

Biotropica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 927-937
Author(s):  
Deyatima Ghosh ◽  
Parthiba Basu
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Landscape Mosaic ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Abundance And Diversity

scholarly journals Local changes in communities of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Apiformes): 30 years later

2014 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Józef Banaszak ◽  
Halina Ratyńska
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Plant Succession ◽  
Permanent Plots ◽  
Wild Bees ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Quantitative Changes ◽  
Abundance And Diversity ◽  
Bee Communities ◽  
Forest Habitats

ABSTRACT Changes in communities of wild bees (Apiformes) were studied in relation to changes in vegetation in six permanent plots (natural forest habitats in the Wielkopolska National Park, and semi-natural habitats in the agricultural landscape near Turew) at the end of four decades (starting from the late 1970s). In 2008-2010, as many as 100 species of Apiformes were recorded there, which is more than reported in earlier decades. The most stable bee communities were those in forest habitats (oak-hornbeam forest, oak forest). Substantial qualitative and quantitative changes in vegetation and bee communities were recorded only after the renaturalisation of a former xerothermic grassland, which had become overgrown with shrubs and trees as a result of plant succession. Human interference (e.g. the felling of some trees growing along a road, clearance of understorey shrubs, ploughing of roadside margins) at selected refuge habitats in the agricultural landscape led to short-term fluctuations in bee abundance and diversity, but an increasing trend in abundance was noted.

scholarly journals Environmental factors influencing the distribution of agricultural terraces: Case study of Horný Tisovník, Slovakia

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Slámová ◽  
Jana Krčmářová ◽  
Pavel Hronček ◽  
Mariana Kaštierová
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental History ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Agricultural Terraces ◽  
Factors Influencing

Abstract The cadastral district of Horný Tisovník represents a traditionally managed Carpathian mountain agricultural landscape with extensive terraces. It was historically governed by two counties with different feudal economic systems - agricultural and industrial. This paper aims to enrich traditional methods in environmental history. We applied geospatial statistics and multivariate data analysis for the assessment of environmental factors influencing the distribution of agricultural terraces. Using linear models, the hypothesis was tested that the terrace distribution is functionally related to selected factors (affiliation to the historic counties; average altitude and slope; distance from water, buildings and settlements; units of natural potential vegetation; and current land use). Significantly greater amounts of terraces were located in the agricultural county compared to the industrial county. A principal component analysis showed the coincidence between the current agricultural land use and higher concentrations of terraces occurring in lower altitudes, closer to settlements and buildings, and within the unit of Carpathian oak-hornbeam forests. These findings regarding the most significant factors influencing the distribution of terraces are used in proposals for incentives to improve the management of the traditional agricultural landscape.

Plant diversity in a changing agricultural landscape mosaic in Southern Transylvania (Romania)

2015 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 350-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Loos ◽  
Pavel Dan Turtureanu ◽  
Henrik von Wehrden ◽  
Jan Hanspach ◽  
Ine Dorresteijn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Landscape Mosaic

scholarly journals Analyses of Socioeconomic Factors influencing on-farm Conservation of Remnant Forest Tree Species: Evidence from Ghana

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 588-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jones Abrefa Danquah ◽  
Ari Pappinen .
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Forest Tree Species ◽  
On Farm Conservation ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Remnant Forest ◽  
On Farm

The contribution of remnant trees in traditional agro forestry systems in recent times has attracted significant attention from policy makers, stakeholders, and academicians due to their important role in conserving biodiversity within agricultural systems, reserves of genetic resources and provision of other important environmental services. The study seeks to determine socioeconomic factors influencing farmers’ decision to maintain remnant trees in agricultural landscape. Data was solicited from 220 households in three rural communities through structured interviews and on farm visitations. We employed Poison and Negative Binomial Regressions to determine factors influencing rural farm households’ decision to retain remnants forest tree species in agro ecosystem. The regression results indicated that the key factors strongly affecting farmers’ on-farm conservation decision to retain remnant forest trees in agricultural landscape were age, gender, years of schooling, religion, land tenure, farmers’ perceptions to current environmental problems, distance to farm land, erosion and the size of the landholdings. The study recommends that forest governance with focus on collaborative forest resource management and equitable distribution of benefits generated from extraction of forest resources should be given high impetus in policy formulation. The needs and concerns of forest fringe communities should feature paramount in this regard.

scholarly journals Relationships between bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) and flowers in the Bulgarian agricultural landscape

2015 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Józef Banaszak ◽  
Piotr Szefer ◽  
Bojana Dochkova
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Niche Overlap ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Pollinating Insects

Abstract The species composition and number of visitations of food plants by bees were studied in refuge sites in agricultural landscapes and in selected crops. The habitat fragments of interest are characterised in terms of pollinator diversity at genus level and the use of food plants by individual genera. Trophic and temporal niche overlap is described for individual genera and the honey bee Apis mellifera in different habitat types. Factors influencing the manner of use of individual plant species by pollinating insects are identified

scholarly journals Importance of Wetland Refugia in Agricultural Landscape Provided Based on the Community Characteristics of Small Terrestrial Mammals

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-368
Author(s):  
Michaela Kalivodová ◽  
Róbert Kanka ◽  
Peter Miklós ◽  
Veronika Hulejová Sládkovičová ◽  
Dávid Žiak
Keyword(s):  
Food Webs ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Terrestrial Mammals ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Abundance And Diversity ◽  
Release Method

AbstractIntensification of agriculture has led, among other negative consequences, also to drying out of wetlands. Nevertheless, some of the wetland biotopes were preserved as small spots. This paper discusses the importance of those areas serving as refugia for small terrestrial mammals. Because small terrestrial mammals in the middle of food webs, they serve as an indicator for the presence of food sources (plants and invertebrates) and suggest the potential of the area as a living space for predators. The experiment took place at lowland agricultural landscape with wetland patches in west and west-east Slovakia (Záhorská and Podunajská nížina lowlands) using catch-mark-release method from 2015 to 2017. The importance was assessed according to abundance, biodiversity, persistence of species during seasons and habitat preference of small terrestrial mammals and equitability of the biotopes. Overall 368 individuals belonging to 12 species were recorded. The lowest abundance and diversity were registered at field biotopes where Apodemus sylvaticus was the most abundant. Microtus arvalis, Clethrionomys glareolus and Sorex araneus dominate at wetland biotopes. The higher biodiversity and abundance of small mammals were recorded at the wetland refugia. The results, together with position of small mammals in food webs, lead to conclusion that the wetland refugia are important habitats for the overall preservation of biodiversity and maintaining them is a part of the strategy for sustainable agriculture.

scholarly journals Ecological study on littoral and infralittoral isopods from Ubatuba, Brazil

1981 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Setubal Pires
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Wave Exposure ◽  
Wave Action ◽  
Rocky Shores ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Abundance And Diversity ◽  
The Waves

The isopod species of rocky shores and shallow infralittoral zone from Enseada do Flamengo, Ubatuba, were studied. The sampling was done during Autumn (1965) and during Autumn and Springtime (1975) at six stations classified according to wave exposure. The intensity of the waves and the type of substratum showed to be important factors influencing distribution, abundance and diversity of the fauna. The highest density of isopods occurred in Dictyota ciliolata. A relation between species diversity and the degree of wave action was disclosed. Species diversity rised from exposed to moderately exposed sites and decreased with the increase in shelter.

Factors Influencing Anuran Wetland Occupancy in an Agricultural Landscape

Herpetologica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer E. Swanson ◽  
Clay L. Pierce ◽  
Stephen J. Dinsmore ◽  
Kelly L. Smalling ◽  
Mark W. Vandever ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Factors Influencing
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