A review of pollinator conservation and management on infrastructure supporting rights-of-way
Autor: | Stephen L. Buchmann, Victoria Agatha Wojcik |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
habitat management
Evolution pollinator conservation Best practice media_common.quotation_subject roadside lcsh:Evolution Plant Science Biology Ecosystem services Pollinator lcsh:QH359-425 QH359-425 QK900-989 Plant ecology utility landscape Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common right-of-way Ecology business.industry Environmental resource management Technical information lcsh:QK900-989 Disturbance (ecology) Habitat Insect Science Butterfly lcsh:Plant ecology Animal Science and Zoology business electrical transmission corridor Diversity (politics) |
Zdroj: | Journal of Pollination Ecology, Vol 7 (2012) Journal of Pollination Ecology, Vol 7, Pp 16-26 (2012) |
ISSN: | 1920-7603 |
Popis: | Early successional landscapes along or adjacent to infrastructure installations have been highlighted as potential pollinator conservation zones that provide environmental benefits and ameliorate some of the negative impacts of wildland conversion. Habitat development and management initiatives in this field are active, but vetted support for particular techniques and strategies is lacking and technical information is diffuse. We reviewed the current scientific and technical literature relating to right-of-way and roadside management to produce an overview. Surveys and comparative studies dominate the literature, with limited manipulative experimentation and limited tests of best management practices. Local floristic diversity is shown to be a determinant of butterfly, bee, and fly patterns but data is almost entirely lacking on vertebrate pollinators. The degree to which these linear landscape corridors can promote movement and connectivity is also not well addressed, yet there is a focus in the conservation community to promote migrations and movement. Contrasting results are reported for the impact of disturbance regimes associated with management (mowing and herbicide use), and there is also only minimal attention given to the potential negative impacts that are experienced by pollinators on rights-of-way. Even with the limited literary accounts of pollinator management in these landscapes we believe infrastructure landscapes can provide substantial benefits to pollinator species and ecosystem services and encourage further management-based investigations. Please find supplementary files to this article in the menu on the left side. |
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