Grazing impacts on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) abundance and diversity on semi‐natural grassland

Pozsgai, Gabor; Quinzo‐Ortega, Luis; Littlewood, Nick A.

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Grazing impacts on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) abundance and diversity on semi‐natural grassland

2021-10Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Pozsgai, Gabor
dc.contributor.author	Quinzo‐Ortega, Luis
dc.contributor.author	Littlewood, Nick A.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-22T10:01:31Z
dc.date.available	2022-11-22T10:01:31Z
dc.date.issued	2021-10
dc.description.abstract	Semi-natural grasslands are commonly managed as a grazing resource for domestic livestock but, due to their unique biodiversity, they are also of conservation interest. Numerous drivers have impacted on the status of these grasslands in recent decades, most importantly changing grazing management strategies. These changes have the potential to affect the biodiversity associated with these habitats, including on some rich invertebrate assemblages. Responses, however, are often dissimilar between different invertebrate taxa. We investigated the responses of ground beetles to different grazing regimes within a replicated, controlled, long-term grazing experiment on upland semi-natural grassland in Scotland. Although there was substantial overlap of species composition of ground beetle assemblages in different grazing treatments, species richness, abundance and Shannon diversity of ground beetles were significantly lower in ungrazed plots than in plots subject to high- or low-intensity sheep grazing. Ground beetle abundance (but not species richness or diversity) was lower in ungrazed plots compared to those with low-intensity mixed grazing by sheep and cattle. However, no differences were identified in abundance, species richness or diversity between the three grazed treatments. Our results suggest that ground beetles may show different responses to grazing compared to responses of some other invertebrate groups and demonstrate the difficulty of attempting to manage grazing to optimise conditions for a wide range of invertebrates.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	The work was funded by the Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services' Strategic Research Programme.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Pozsgai, G., Quinzo-Ortega, L. & Littlewood, N.A. (2022). Grazing impacts on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) abundance and diversity on semi-natural grassland. "Insect Conservation and Diversity", 15(1), 36-47. DOI:10.1111/icad.12533	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1111/icad.12533	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	1752-4598
dc.identifier.issn	1752-458X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6437
dc.identifier.wos	000703034300001
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Wiley	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/icad.12533	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Carabid Assemblages	en
dc.subject	Grazing Pressure	en
dc.subject	Livestock	en
dc.subject	Sustainable Habitat Management	en
dc.subject	Upland Grassland	en
dc.title	Grazing impacts on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) abundance and diversity on semi‐natural grassland	en
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	United Kingdom	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	47	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.startPage	36	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Insect Conservation and Diversity	en
oaire.citation.volume	15	pt_PT
person.familyName	Pozsgai
person.givenName	Gabor
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