Abundance of arthropods as food for meadow bird chicks in response to short- and long-term soil wetting in Dutch dairy grasslands
Background: Throughout the world, intensive dairy farming has resulted in grasslands almost devoid of arthropods and birds. Meadow birds appear to be especially vulnerable during the chick-rearing period. So far, studies have focused mainly on describing population declines, but solutions to effectively stop these trends on the short-term are lacking. In this study at a single farm, we experimentally manipulated soil moisture through occasional irrigation, to mitigate against early season drainage and create favorable conditions for the emergence of above-ground arthropods during the meadow bi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | de Felici , L , Piersma , T & Howison , R A 2019 , ' Abundance of arthropods as food for meadow bird chicks in response to short- and long-term soil wetting in Dutch dairy grasslands ' , PeerJ , vol. 7 , 7401 . https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7401 |
Schlagwörter: | Arthropod biomass / Water table / Irrigation / Soil properties / Field experiment / Agricultural intensification / Meadow birds / BLACK-TAILED GODWITS / LIMOSA-LIMOSA / INSECT / DECLINES / BRITAIN / POLLINATORS / DROUGHT / POPULATIONS / COMPACTION |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27446715 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/a592cbc4-6464-4001-a6ac-43196b8fe3d3 |