Bumblebee communities as an indicator for landscape monitoring in the agri-environmental programme

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 67, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 173-183

  Sepp, Kalev ^a   Mikk, Merit ^b   Mänd, Marika ^c   Truu, Jaak ^a  

^a Environmental Protection Institute   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Agri environmental programme; Biodiversity; Bioindicators; Bumblebees; Landscape indicators; Landscape structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

LANDSCAPE QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

BOMBUS HYPNORUM; BOMBUS JONELLUS; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; LIA;

EID: 0842284715     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(03)00037-9     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Bäckman J.-P., Tiainen J. Habitat quality of field margins in a Finish farmland area for bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Bombus and Psithyrus). Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 1892:2001;1-16.
2. Banaszak J. Strategy for conservation of wild bees in an agricultural landscape. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 40:1992;179-192.
3. Dolédec S., Chessel D. Co-inertia analysis: an alternative method for studying species-environment relationships. Freshwater Biol. 31:1994;227-234.
4. Donald P.F., Green R.E., Heath M.F. Agricultural intentification and the collapse of Europe's farmland bird populations. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 268:2001;25-29.
5. Dramstad W., Fry G. Foraging activity of bumblebees (Bombus) in relation to flower resources on arable land. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 55(2):1995;123-135.
6. Fusell M., Corbet S.A. Forage for bumblebees and honey bees in farmland: a case study. J. Apic. Res. 30(2):1991;87-97.
7. Fusell M., Corbet S.A. Flower usage by bumblebees: a basis for forage plant management. J. Appl. Ecol. 29:1992;451-465.
8. Gatmann A., Greiler H.-J., Tscharntke T. Trap-nesting bees and wasps colonizing set-aside fields: succession and body size, management by cutting and sowing. Oecologia. 98:1994;8-14.
9. Hansen, A.J., Di Castri, F., Naiman, R.J., 1988. Ecotones: what and why? In: Di Castri, F., Hansen, A.J., Holland, M.M. (Eds.), A New Look at Ecotones: Emerging International Projects on Landscape Boundaries. Biology International, Special Issue 17. International Union of Biological Sciences, Paris, pp. 9-46.
10. Kleijn D., Berendse F., Smit R., Gilissen N. Agri-environment schemes do not effectively protect biodiversity in Dutch agricultural landscapes. Nature. 413:2001;723-725.
11. Krebs J.R., Wilson J.D., Bradbury R.B., Siriwardena G.M. The second silent spring? Nature. 400:2001;611-612.
12. Kwak M.M. Pollination ecology and seed-set in the rare annual species Melapyrum arvense L. (Scrophulariaceae). Acta Bot. Netherlands. 37:1988;8-14.
13. Lowe, P.D., 1998. Attitudinal and environmental indicators. In: Rrower, F., Lowe, P. (Eds.), CAP and the Environment in the EU. Wageningem, The Netherlands.
14. MacCoy E.D., Bell S.S., Walters K. Identifying biotic boundaries along environmental gradients. Ecology. 67:1986;749-759.
15. Mänd M., Sepp K., Truu J. Landscape structure and bumblebee communities - pollination: integrator crops and native plant systems. Acta Horticult. 561:2001;159-163.
16. Manly, B., 1995. Randomization, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology. Chapman and Hall, London.
17. Mikk, M., Luik, A., Redman, M., 2001. Estonian Agri-Environmental Programme: promoting landscape diversity and biodiversity. In: Mander, Ü., Printsmann, A., Palang, H. (Eds.), Development of European landscapes. Publ. Instituti Geogrr. Universitatis Tartuensis, pp. 466-469.
18. Moxey, A., Whitby, M., Lowe, P., 1998. Environmental Indicators for a Reformed CAP: Monitoring and Evaluating Policies in Agriculture. Centre for Rural Economy Publications, Newcastle.
19. Naumann K., Currie R.W., Isman M.B. Evaluation of the repellent effects of a neem insecticide on foraging honey bee and other pollinators. Can. Entomol. 126(2):1994;225-230.
20. O'Neill, R.V., Hunsaker, C., Levine, D., 1992. Monitoring challenges and innovative ideas'. In: McKenzie, D.H., Hyatt, D.E., McDonald, V.J. (Eds.), Ecological Indicators, Elsevier, London, pp. 1443-1460.
21. OECD, 2001. Environmental Indicators for Agriculture. Methods and Results, vol. 3. Publications Service, Paris, France.
22. OECD, 2002. Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation 2002. Publications Service, Paris, France.
23. Osborne J.L., Clark S.J., Morris R.J., Williams I.H., Riley J.R., Smith A.D., Reynolds D.R., Edwards A.S. A landscape-scale study of bumblebee foraging range and constancy, using harmonic radar. J. Appl. Ecol. 36:1999;519-533.
24. Sepp, K., 1999. The Methodology and Applications of Agricultural Landscape Monitoring in Estonia, vol. 9. Dissertationes Geographicae Universitatis Tartuensis, Tartu University Press, Tartu, 167 pp.
25. Söderman, G., Leinonen, R., Lundsten, K.-E., 1997. Monitoring bumblebees and other pollinator insects. Mimeograph Series of Finnish Environment Institute No. 58, 43 pp.
26. Teräs I. Food plants and flower visits of bumblebees (Bombus: Hymenoptera, Apidae) in southern Finland. Acta Zool. Fennici. 179:1985;1-120.
27. Thiolouse J., Chessel D., Dolédec S., Olivier J.-M. ADE-4: a multivariate analysis and graphical display software. Stat. Comput. 7:1997;75-83.
28. Whitby M. Challenges and options for the UK agri-environment: Presidential address. J. Agric. Econ. 51(3):2000;317-332.
29. Wiens, J.A., 1986. Spatial scale and temporal variation in studies of shrub steppe birds. In: Diamond, J., Case, J.T.J. (Eds.), Community Ecology, Harper and Row, New York, pp. 154-172.
30. Williams I.H., Corbet S.A., Osborne J.L. Beekeeping, wild bees and pollination in the European Community. Bee World. 72(4):1991;170-180.
31. Williams P.H. Habitat use by bumblebees (Bombus spp.). Ecol. Entomol. 13:1988;223-237.