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Grassy ﬁeld margins as potential corridors for butterﬂies in agricultural landscapes: A simulation study

SYSNO ASEP	0356803
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Grassy ﬁeld margins as potential corridors for butterﬂies in agricultural landscapes: A simulation study
Author(s)	Delattre, T. (FR) Pichancourt, J.- B. (FR) Burel, F. (FR) Kindlmann, Pavel (UEK-B)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Number of authors	4
Source Title	Ecological Modelling. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0304-3800 Roč. 221, č. 2 (2010), s. 370-377
Number of pages	8 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	Connectivity ; Grassland ; Dispersal
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
R&D Projects	LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
CEZ	AV0Z60870520 - UEK-B (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000273628800024
DOI	10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.010
Annotation	A simulation study Over the last decades, agricultural intensification has caused a dramatic reduction of grassy habitats. As a part of the cross-compliance measures of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, subsidies for creation and maintenance of grassy field margins (GFM) have been launched. Their role as corridors has, however, not yet been demonstrated at the landscape scale. One possibility to get some predictions of their outcomes is provided by simulation models. Here we present our simulation results, using an extension of the model developed by Kindlmann et al. (2004). Our simulations show that GFMs increase the dispersal rates between habitat patches and we predict the optimal combinations of width and number of GFMs in the landscape. This way we provide a decision-making tool for increasing landscape connectivity for M. jurtina and similar species. They may be generalized because this species shows dispersal rates that are typical of butterfly metapopulations.
Workplace	Global Change Research Institute
Contact	Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268
Year of Publishing	2011

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