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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, Vol. 14, No. 7, 11.2013, p. 547–554.

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Börschig, C, Klein, A-M, von Wehrden, H & Krauss, J 2013, 'Traits of butterfly communities change from specialist to generalist characteristics with increasing land-use intensity', Basic and Applied Ecology, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 547–554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2013.09.002

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Börschig, C., Klein, A.-M., von Wehrden, H., & Krauss, J. (2013). Traits of butterfly communities change from specialist to generalist characteristics with increasing land-use intensity. Basic and Applied Ecology, 14(7), 547–554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2013.09.002

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Börschig C, Klein AM, von Wehrden H, Krauss J. Traits of butterfly communities change from specialist to generalist characteristics with increasing land-use intensity. Basic and Applied Ecology. 2013 Nov;14(7):547–554. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.09.002

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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.",
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