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dc.contributor.authorRedpath-Downing, Nicola Aen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBeaumont, Daveen_UK
dc.contributor.authorPark, Kirstyen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGoulson, Daveen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-03T00:47:44Z-
dc.date.available2016-11-03T00:47:44Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2013-06en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/18364-
dc.description.abstractMachair is a grassland habitat that supports nationally rare species including the bumblebee species Bombus distinguendus and Bombus muscorum. Changes in land management practices have resulted in a loss of floral diversity in some areas, reducing the availability of bumblebee foraging resources. In order to determine the most effective way of increasing forage plant availability on degraded machair, a restoration trial was established in western Scotland and comprised four seed mixes and a fallow treatment. Treatments were monitored over 3 years in order to compare the relative abundance of bumblebees and their forage plants. Two mixes contained wildflower species; one mix is currently used to create bird and bee foraging habitat on nature reserves and the fourth is a commercially available grass mix. There was little variation in inflorescence and bumblebee abundance between treatments early on but marked differences emerged later in the season in all 3 years. By the end of the monitoring period, the wildflower treatments contained between four and eighteen times more inflorescences than other treatment types. Similar trends were observed in bumblebee abundances. Some of the rarest bumblebee species exist primarily in areas that have largely escaped agricultural intensification. In these areas it is important that habitat management is specifically targeted and translated into appropriate agri-environment schemes. We suggest that the most effective method for restoring bumblebee forage plants on machair is to sow wildflower-rich seed mixes and this should be combined with late cutting and winter grazing practices to maintain sward diversity over time.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.relationRedpath-Downing NA, Beaumont D, Park K & Goulson D (2013) Restoration and management of machair grassland for the conservation of bumblebees. Journal of Insect Conservation, 17 (3), pp. 491-502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-012-9532-xen_UK
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dc.subjectAgricultureen_UK
dc.subjectBombusen_UK
dc.subjectCroftingen_UK
dc.subjectGrazingen_UK
dc.subjectSpecies-rich grasslanden_UK
dc.titleRestoration and management of machair grassland for the conservation of bumblebeesen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2999-12-31en_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[J Insect Conserv 2013.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10841-012-9532-xen_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Insect Conservationen_UK
dc.citation.issn1572-9753en_UK
dc.citation.issn1366-638Xen_UK
dc.citation.volume17en_UK
dc.citation.issue3en_UK
dc.citation.spage491en_UK
dc.citation.epage502en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailk.j.park@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Stirlingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000319070700006en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84877816775en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid673944en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-6080-7197en_UK
dc.date.accepted2012-09-28en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-09-28en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2014-01-20en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorRedpath-Downing, Nicola A|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBeaumont, Dave|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorPark, Kirsty|0000-0001-6080-7197en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGoulson, Dave|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2999-12-31en_UK
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local.rioxx.filenameJ Insect Conserv 2013.pdfen_UK
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