The effect of a Welsh agri-environment scheme on bat activity: A large-scale study ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Agricultural intensification was a major driver of declines in western European wildlife populations during the twentieth century, including those of bats. Agri-environment schemes are advocated as the key governmentfunded mechanism to restore biodi...
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Zenodo
2019
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13459779 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13459779 |
| Summary: | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Agricultural intensification was a major driver of declines in western European wildlife populations during the twentieth century, including those of bats. Agri-environment schemes are advocated as the key governmentfunded mechanism to restore biodiversity, but evidence for their effects has been mixed. We examined the response of six bat species to Tir Gofal (TG), a Welsh AES that operated from 1999 to 2011. A large-scale multisite study compared bat activity and key habitat variables on TG farms paired with control farms not in the scheme. Observations were made over three years (2009 to 2011) using three types of bat detector survey. Pipistrellus pipistrellus, P. pygmaeus, Myotis daubentonii, Rhinolophus hipposideros and R. ferrumequinum showed similar overall and foraging activity on TG and control farms (occurrence, intensity of activity where present). Occurrence of Nyctalus noctula and Nyctalus group was also similar on both farm types, but where they ... |
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