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Declines in farmland biodiversity remain evident despite over three decades of research and implementation of agri‐environment schemes (AES). Although positive effects of AES are often demonstrated locally or in the short term, studies exploring longer term trends in biodiversity often show contradictory results. Evidence for the potential of AES t...
There is widespread concern that species will fail to track climate change if habitat is too scarce or insufficiently connected. Targeted restoration has been advocated to help species adapt, and a "conductance" metric has been proposed, based on simulation studies, to predict effective habitat configurations. However, until now there is very littl...
Annual results for 2020 from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. Published by Butterfly Conservation, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, British Trust for Ornithology and Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
Data from Butterfly Conservation's National Moth Recording Scheme and the MothsIreland database have been combined to produce the first-ever atlas covering all larger moths in Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. It includes distribution maps showing current and historical records for 893 species and up-to-date information on...
Changing air quality has been one of the most important drivers of change for bryophytes and lichens in Britain and Ireland over the 20th Century, with acidic pollutants such as sulphur dioxide having large effects on the ranges and abundances of many species. At the same time, expert amateur and professional naturalists have put enormous efforts i...
Butterflies are an important indicator of the impacts of environmental change. Butterfly monitoring schemes (BMS) have provided national and Europe-wide trends in their abundance and been widely used for research. Most schemes sample sites that are self-selected by contributors and therefore tend to cover locations that are rich in butterflies. To...
1. Biological invasions involving continuous range expansion differ from discontinuous introductions in that invaded and native ranges remain connected, potentially allowing pursuit of range expanding species by their natural enemies. The establishment in Britain of eight alien herbivorous gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipinae) provides a rare opportu...
Insects are under-represented in current assessments of biodiversity loss at global and national scales. Butterflies, and
a few other insect taxa, have been used as indicators of biodiversity change and as flagships for conservation, especially
in temperate zones, but these groups are typically species-poor and may not be representative of insects...
Anecdotal evidence suggests that habitat management for the Large Blue butterfly,
Maculinea arion, benefits other rare species. Selected plant and invertebrate species
were monitored on a degraded site which was under going restoration management for
the future re-introduction or natural recolonisation of M. arion. This study measured the
shift of...
The National Moth Recording Scheme was launched in 2007, its aim being to encourage the recording of moths throughout the United Kingdom. An update on the progress achieved so far is provided and proposed projects for 2008 are outlined.
Royal Entomological Society Bulletin Antenna
Biological invasions are widely seen as the biggest threat to biodiversity next to the loss of habitats. One aspect of considerable
interest is the recruitment of natural enemies after the establishment of the invad-ing species and how such enemies link
invaders to native communities. However, not all invaders are invasive. Eight cynipid species or...
The Farm Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops (GMHT) were conducted in the UK from 2000 to 2002 on beet (sugar and fodder), spring oilseed rape and forage maize. The management of the crops studied is described and compared with current conventional commercial practice. The distribution of field sites adequately repres...
The effects of herbicide management of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) beet, maize and spring oilseed rape on the abundance and diversity of soil-surface-active invertebrates were assessed. Most effects did not differ between years, environmental zones or initial seedbanks or between sugar and fodder beet. This suggests that the resu...
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