Traits of butterfly communities change from specialist to generalist characteristics with increasing land-use intensity

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Traits of butterfly communities change from specialist to generalist characteristics with increasing land-use intensity. / Börschig, Carmen; Klein, Alexandra-Maria; von Wehrden, Henrik et al.
in: Basic and Applied Ecology, Jahrgang 14, Nr. 7, 11.2013, S. 547–554.

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title = "Traits of butterfly communities change from specialist to generalist characteristics with increasing land-use intensity",
abstract = "Land-use intensification leads to species loss and shifts in community composition, but only few studies examine how these dynamics affect ecological and life-history traits. We thus investigated whether ecological and life-history traits differ between butterfly communities of grasslands with different land-use intensity. We conducted butterfly transect surveys in 137 grassland sites in three regions of Germany and compiled 10 species-specific ecological and life-history traits from the literature. These traits are associated with food plant specialisation, dispersal, distribution, reproduction and development. We calculated a land-use intensity gradient based on the amount of fertilise mowing frequency and grazing intensity. We analysed differences of traits characteristics between butterfly communities along the land-use intensity gradient in a fourth-corner analysis, thus considering correlations between traits. Six ecological and life-history traits changed from characteristics associated with specialists to such associated with generalists with increasing land-use intensity. These traits characteristics in intensified grasslands were: high dispersal propensity, large distribution range, low population density, more than one generation per year, hibernation in a more advanced developmental stage and a long flight period. The functional homogenisation of the butterfly communities with changes from specialist to generalist trait characteristics with increasing land-use intensity may have severe consequences for ecosystem functioning and services.",
keywords = "Biology, Development, Dispersal, Distribution, Flight period, Grassland, Life-history traits, Population density , Reproduction, Voltinism, Development, Dispersal, Distribution, Flight period, Grassland, Life-history traits, Population density, Reproduction, Voltinism, Ecosystems Research",
author = "Carmen B{\"o}rschig and Alexandra-Maria Klein and {von Wehrden}, Henrik and Jochen Krauss",
year = "2013",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.baae.2013.09.002",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "547–554",
journal = "Basic and Applied Ecology",
issn = "1439-1791",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "7",

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AU - Börschig, Carmen

AU - Klein, Alexandra-Maria

AU - von Wehrden, Henrik

AU - Krauss, Jochen

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N2 - Land-use intensification leads to species loss and shifts in community composition, but only few studies examine how these dynamics affect ecological and life-history traits. We thus investigated whether ecological and life-history traits differ between butterfly communities of grasslands with different land-use intensity. We conducted butterfly transect surveys in 137 grassland sites in three regions of Germany and compiled 10 species-specific ecological and life-history traits from the literature. These traits are associated with food plant specialisation, dispersal, distribution, reproduction and development. We calculated a land-use intensity gradient based on the amount of fertilise mowing frequency and grazing intensity. We analysed differences of traits characteristics between butterfly communities along the land-use intensity gradient in a fourth-corner analysis, thus considering correlations between traits. Six ecological and life-history traits changed from characteristics associated with specialists to such associated with generalists with increasing land-use intensity. These traits characteristics in intensified grasslands were: high dispersal propensity, large distribution range, low population density, more than one generation per year, hibernation in a more advanced developmental stage and a long flight period. The functional homogenisation of the butterfly communities with changes from specialist to generalist trait characteristics with increasing land-use intensity may have severe consequences for ecosystem functioning and services.

AB - Land-use intensification leads to species loss and shifts in community composition, but only few studies examine how these dynamics affect ecological and life-history traits. We thus investigated whether ecological and life-history traits differ between butterfly communities of grasslands with different land-use intensity. We conducted butterfly transect surveys in 137 grassland sites in three regions of Germany and compiled 10 species-specific ecological and life-history traits from the literature. These traits are associated with food plant specialisation, dispersal, distribution, reproduction and development. We calculated a land-use intensity gradient based on the amount of fertilise mowing frequency and grazing intensity. We analysed differences of traits characteristics between butterfly communities along the land-use intensity gradient in a fourth-corner analysis, thus considering correlations between traits. Six ecological and life-history traits changed from characteristics associated with specialists to such associated with generalists with increasing land-use intensity. These traits characteristics in intensified grasslands were: high dispersal propensity, large distribution range, low population density, more than one generation per year, hibernation in a more advanced developmental stage and a long flight period. The functional homogenisation of the butterfly communities with changes from specialist to generalist trait characteristics with increasing land-use intensity may have severe consequences for ecosystem functioning and services.

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KW - Distribution

KW - Flight period

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KW - Reproduction

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KW - Dispersal

KW - Distribution

KW - Flight period

KW - Grassland

KW - Life-history traits

KW - Population density

KW - Reproduction

KW - Voltinism

KW - Ecosystems Research

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