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Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review

Haaland, Christine ; Naisbit, Russell E. ; Bersier, Louis-Félix

In: Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2011, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 60-80

1. Sown wildflower strips are increasingly being established in European countries within agri-environmental schemes to enhance biodiversity, especially in intensively used agricultural areas.2. The regulations vary between countries regarding the seed mixture, intensity of management and period of time over which subsidies are given. Insects in particular are intended to benefit from these...

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What can sown wildflower strips contribute to butterfly conservation?: an example from a Swiss lowland agricultural landscape

Haaland, Christine ; Bersier, Louis-Félix

In: Journal of Insect Conservation, 2011, vol. 15, no. 1-2, p. 301-309

The objective of this study was to compare butterfly abundances and diversity between wildflower strips and extensively used meadows to identify which butterfly species can be supported by establishing wildflower strips. Butterflies were recorded along transects during one season in twenty-five sown wildflower strips and eleven extensively used meadows in a Swiss lowland agricultural landscape...