Does Landscape Structure Affect the Presence of Woodland Specialist Pollinators in Farmland? Implications for Agri-Environment Scheme Design

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dc.contributor.authorRuas, Sara
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Karzan S.D.
dc.contributor.authorMaher, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorO’Hora, Ellen
dc.contributor.authorVolpato, Alessio
dc.contributor.authorÓ hUallacháin, Daire
dc.contributor.authorGormally, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorStout, Jane C.
dc.contributor.authorMoran, James
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-26T14:25:49Z
dc.date.available2022-05-26T14:25:49Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-16
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 19 October 2021; Published - 16 March 2022.en_US
dc.description.abstractnatural or semi-natural habitats to nest and/or forage. Landscape structure has been shown to influence pollinator communities and understanding how landscape structure affects farmland pollinators can improve Agri-Environment Schemes (AES). This study explored how landscape metrics affect the presence of pollinators associated with woody vegetation in farmland in the Republic of Ireland. Two study regions were selected, and pollinators were collected using pan traps placed in farm linear features. Hoverfly and bee species were selected based on their body size and association with woody vegetation. Relevant landscape structure metrics were extracted from around each trap and used to develop explanatory models for the abundance of pollinators. The total abundance of target species was relatively low but correlated with three explanatory variables: the connectivity of the linear feature to woodlands; the distance from the trap to the closest woodland; and edge density. Hoverfly and bee abundance data, when analysed separately, showed significant differences within regions. Results seem to indicate that incentivising the connectivity of farm linear features to surrounding woodland patches and increasing optimal habitat availability in agricultural landscapes could benefit woodland specialists. This information is helpful to improving AES design.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) (RSF15_S_619). Open Access funding provided by IReL.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/436
dc.identifier.citationRuas, S., Kelly, R., Ahmed, K.S.D., Maher, S., O’Hora, E., Volpato, A., Ó hUallacháin, D., Gormally, M.J., Stout, J.C. and Moran, J. (2022) 'Does landscape structure affect the presence of woodland specialist pollinators in farmland? Implications for Agri-Environment Scheme design', Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy .en_US
dc.identifier.issn0791-7945
dc.identifier.issn2009-003X (electronic)
dc.identifier.urihttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/854694
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoyal Irish Academyen_US
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access Article under the terms of the Creative Commons attribution license, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.titleDoes Landscape Structure Affect the Presence of Woodland Specialist Pollinators in Farmland? Implications for Agri-Environment Scheme Designen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-10-19
dcterms.dateSubmitted2021-08-12

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