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Entomology Day 2018 Wyre Forest Study Group
Wyre Forest Study Group Entomology Day 2018 ChaIR: Brett WestwOOD, RepOrt: SUsan LIMbreY Flights of Fancy Speakers from left: Wendy Carter, Steven Falk, Richard Comont, Brett Westwood, Malcolm Smart, Erica McAlister, Gary Farmer Steve Horton Chaired by Brett Westwood, our title gave speak- in 1983, this book, with its simple keys, big genera di- ers scope to cover a range of topics, out of which a vided into smaller keys and short snappy text with an recurring theme of concern about pollinating insects ecological flavour, made recording much easier, broke became apparent. down barriers, and influenced Steven’s own later work. He spent his second undergraduate year doing 13 dip- Steven Falk, in Breaking Down Barriers to In- tera plates for Michael Chinery’s Collins Guide to the vertebrate Identification, told us that throughout Insects of Britain and Northern Europe (1986), one of his career he has been committed to making entomol- five artists illustrating 2000 species, another ground- ogy accessible no matter what level of expertise peo- breaking book. Steven showed us how his technique ple may have. He started as an artist, and he showed us progressed through the book, for example with lateral some of his childhood, but far from childish, pictures of lighting giving a three dimensional effect. birds. He was as fascinated by the literature and by the artists and their techniques, as by the natural history, In 1985, work began on illustrations for George Else’s citing Roger Tory Peterson, the father of modern user- Handbook to British Bees. Pen and ink, using combi- friendly field guides, the draughtsmanship of Charles nations of stippling and cross-hatching, produced an Tunnicliffe using watercolours, and Basil Ede, using amazing array of tones and textures, and Steven ac- gouache, among others. -
Your Local Wildlife News Arger Fen the Seasons Have Brought Unparalleled Richness to Arger Fen
Stowmarket Group January 2020 Your local wildlife news Arger Fen The seasons have brought unparalleled richness to Arger Fen. Will Cranstoun says now is the time to look out for snipe, barn owl and the first signs of spring. Arger Fen continues to surprise and delight scrub that will be valuable habitat for Will Cranstoun West Suffolk Sites Manager visitors through the seasons. Whilst the breeding migrant birds, cover for reptiles and 01284 728541 spring boasts carpets of bluebells, the a source of nectar and fruit for whole host of summer has seen fantastic swathes of wildlife. woodland flora burst into bloom; ranging With welcome rains through autumn BRADFIELD WOODS from pink campion, greater stitchwort, filling up many of the ponds and replenishing 01449 737996 foxgloves, vetches and orchids. As result cracked soils, we have witnessed one of the there have been good numbers of pollinators best seasons for fungi across the entire buzzing about the rides and wider open reserve. Arguably the most numerous and Giles areas of the reserve. The eastern ex-arable easily recognisable being parasol, sulphur Cawston land in various stages of early succession tuft and fly agaric. As the seasons progress Woodlands are indicative of the varying soil types and into winter look out for snipe and barn owl Warden conditions. The area known as Kingsland is flying over the Pecks Piece with roe deer now showcase to a great deal of emerging hiding along hedgerows. Joanne Atkins Wild Learning Bradfield Woods Officer Whether the sun is shining, or the rain pouring, Jo Atkins explains why there is never a better time to go into the woods. -
Succession in Ant Communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Deciduous Forest Clear-Cuts – an Eastern European Case Study
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGYENTOMOLOGY ISSN (online): 1802-8829 Eur. J. Entomol. 114: 92–100, 2017 http://www.eje.cz doi: 10.14411/eje.2017.013 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Succession in ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in deciduous forest clear-cuts – an Eastern European case study IOAN TĂUŞAN 1, JENS DAUBER 2, MARIA R. TRICĂ1 and BÁLINT MARKÓ 3 1 Department of Environmental Sciences, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Applied Ecology Research Centre, Dr. Raţiu 5-7, 550012 Sibiu, Romania; e-mails: [email protected], [email protected] 2 Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Bundesallee 50, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany; e-mail: [email protected] 3 Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Clinicilor 5-7, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; e-mails: [email protected], [email protected] Key words. Hymenoptera, Formicidae, ants, deciduous forests, secondary succession, clear-cutting, community structure, pitfall traps Abstract. Clear-cutting, the main method of harvesting in many forests in the world, causes a series of dramatic environmental changes to the forest habitat and removes habitat resources for arboreal and epigeal species. It results in considerable changes in the composition of both plant and animal communities. Ants have many critical roles in the maintenance and functioning of forest ecosystems. Therefore, the response of ants to clear-cutting and the time it takes for an ant community to recover after clear- cutting are important indicators of the effect of this harvesting technique on the forest ecosystem. We investigated ground-dwelling ant communities during secondary succession of deciduous forests in Transylvania, Romania. -
"Catálogo De Plantas Vasculares Del Cono Sur", Para La Flora De Chile
Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 62: 167-201 (2013) COMPLEMENTO Y CORRECCIONES AL “CATÁLOGO DE PLANTAS VASCULARES DEL CONO SUR”, PARA LA FLORA DE CHILE Mélica Muñoz-Schick1 y Vanezza Morales2 1 [email protected]; [email protected] RESUMEN Se presenta una lista de 523 nombres descritos para la fl ora de Chile que no fueron incluidos en las versiones impresas o digitales del “Catálogo de Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur”. Del mismo modo se incorporan 47 nombres que presentan errores de escritura o en la autoridad. Para cada uno de ellos se muestra la publicación original y su validez (aceptado, sinónimo o no resuelto). PALABRAS CLAVE: Complemento al Catálogo Cono Sur, fl ora de Chile ABSTRACT A list of 523 additional names for the Chilean Flora is presented, which were omitted from the “Ca- tálogo de Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur”. We also include 47 corrected names (spelling or author name errors). For each of the new names presented we include the original publication and their status (accepted, synonymous or not resolved). KEYWORDS: Supplement to the Cono Sur Checklist, Chilean Flora INTRODUCCIÓN En el transcurso del proyecto apoyado por la Mellon Foundation para el MNHN “Digitalización de Tipos de plantas vasculares del herbario SGO” [plants.jstor.org ], se trató de indicar la determinación actualizada para los especímenes de la colección; para esto nos basamos en el Catálogo de Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Zuloaga et al. 2008) que comprende las plantas de la Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, sur de Brasil y Chile; muchas veces ello se complementó con las determinaciones anotadas en los mismos ejemplares, por los especialistas de cada género. -
Metabarcoding for the Parallel Identification of Several Hundred Predators And
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/155721; this version posted June 26, 2017. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Metabarcoding for the parallel identification of several hundred predators and their preys: application to bat species diet analysis MAXIME GALAN*1, JEAN-BAPTISTE PONS2, ORIANNE TOURNAYRE1, ERIC PIERRE1, MAXIME LEUCHTMANN3, DOMINIQUE PONTIER2.4.* and NATHALIE CHARBONNEL1* Full postal addresses 1CBGP, INRA, CIRAD, IRD, MontpElliEr SupAgro, Univ. MontpelliEr, MontpelliEr, FrancE 2Univ Lyon, LabEx ECOFECT EcoEvolutionary Dynamics of InfEctious DisEasEs, Villeurbanne F-69365 Lyon, France 3 Nature EnvironnEment, 2 AvEnuE Saint-Pierre, 17700 Surgères, France 4Univ Lyon, UnivErsité Lyon 1, CNRS, LaboratoirE dE BiométriE Et BiologiE ÉvolutivE UMR5558, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France * equal author contributions Keywords (4-6): Chiroptera, arthropods, Environmental DNA (EDNA), high-throughput sequencing, false positives, predator–prey interactions Name, address, fax number and email of corresponding author * Maxime Galan, INRA, UMR CBGP (INRA/IRD/CIRAD/MontpElliEr Supagro/Univ. MontpelliEr), 755 avEnue du Campus Agropolis, CS 300 16, F-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France. Fax: (+00 33) 04 99 62 33 05; E-mail: [email protected] Running title : Metabarcoding of prEdators and their preys 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/155721; this version posted June 26, 2017. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. -
Lepidoptera of the Tolman Bridge Area (2000-2011)
LEPIDOPTERA OF THE TOLMAN BRIDGE AREA, ALBERTA, 2000-2011 Charles Bird, 8 March 2012 Box 22, Erskine, AB T0C 1G0 [email protected] The present paper includes a number of redeterminations and additions to the information in earlier reports. It also follows the up-to-date order and taxonomy of Pohl et al. (2010), rather than that of Hodges et al. (1983). Brian Scholtens, Greg Pohl and Jean-François Landry collecting moths at a sheet illuminated by a mercury vapor (MV) light, Tolman Bridge, 24 July 2003, during the 2003 Olds meetings of the Lepidopterist’s Society (C.D. Bird image). Tolman Bridge, is located in the valley of the Red Deer River, 18 km (10 miles) east of the town of Trochu. The bridge and adjoining Park land are in the north half of section 14, range 22, township 34, west of the Fourth Meridian. The coordinates at the bridge are 51.503N and 113.009W. The elevation ranges from around 600 m at the river to 800 m or so near the top of the river breaks. In a Natural Area Inspection Report dated 25 June 1982 and in the 1989 Trochu 82 P/14, 1:50,000 topographic map, the land southwest of the bridge was designated as the “Tolman Bridge Municipal Park” while that southeast of the bridge was referred to as the “Tolman Bridge Recreation Area”. In an Alberta, Department of the Environment, Parks and Protected Areas Division paper dated 9 May 2000, the areas on both sides of the river are included in “Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park”. -
Orthoptera Recording Scheme for Britain and Ireland
ORTHOPTERA RECORDING SCHEME FOR BRITAIN AND IRELAND Newsletter 25 - February 1999 Editor: John Widgery 2I FieldYiew Road Potters Bar Herts EN6 2NA Tel: 01707 642708 INTRODUCTION It seems incredible that another year has passed since the last newsletter (NL24). This current newsletter is inænded to update all readers of the most significant developments since then. Of course, those of you who take British Wildlife magazine may already be awarg tlrough my 'rWildlife Notes', of some of the information contained herein. The success ofthe scheme relies upon your endeavours and, once again, I am indebted to the many of you who have submitted records and also to Paul Pearce-Kelly, Rachel Jones and Bryan Pinchen for their contributions on rare species. SUMMARY OF HIGHLIGHTS In comparison with recent years, the summer of 1998 was disappointing, although parts of southern England did have some reÍlsonably warm and dry weather during August and early September which is probably the most important period for the breeding success of many species. It was, perhaps, not surprising that there were fewer records submitted during 1998 as compared with the previous yàr but, even so, there were still several thousand which involved a total of 349 new l0hn squares (including 68 post-1970 refinds). Of these, 195 (including 23 post-1970s) were for 1998, including first ever records for Roesel's Bush Cricket, Metrioptera roeselii, in the Channel Islands, Long-winged Conehead, Conocephalus discolor, in Cambridgeshire and Lesnets Earwig, Forfcula lesnei,in Worcestershire and also a national first for this latter species in lreland. Additionally, we had the most northerly yet records for Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Chorthippus albomarginqtus. -
Here One Herbivore Might Make Conditions Less Suitable for Another Subject to Conservation Measures (E.G
When conserving one moth conserves another: The distribution of the Small Chocolate-tip moth on Creeping Willow at Strensall Common Peter J. Mayhew, Joachim Snow and Beatrice M. Trascau Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD Email: [email protected] Introduction Much research has suggested that competition between insect herbivores is often insignificant because such herbivores are subject to density-dependent population regulation, for example from natural enemies, which limits their numbers (Strong et al., 1984). Despite this, individual pairs of herbivores may still affect each other’s fitness negatively, either directly or indirectly (e.g. Müller & Godfray, 1997). This may sometimes be important in the conservation of rare insect herbivores, where one herbivore might make conditions less suitable for another subject to conservation measures (e.g. MacGregor et al., 2017). In this paper we report the incidence of a nationally scarce moth (Small Chocolate-tip Clostera pygra) on a host-plant (Creeping Willow Salix repens) which is subject to conservation measures in order to promote a conservation-priority moth (Dark Bordered Beauty Epione vespertaria). We suggest that conservation measures protecting the host plant for the Dark Bordered Beauty may incidentally be benefitting Small Chocolate-tip, but that the Small Chocolate-tip moth (Figure 1 below) might also negatively affect Creeping Willow. Figure 1. Adult Small Chocolate-tip moth Clostera pygra. M. Parsons/Butterfly Conservation The Dark Bordered Beauty moth is of principal importance for the conservation of biodiversity in England under Section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006 and is listed as ‘Rare’ in the UK Red Data Book (Shirt, 1987). -
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Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 257 - 262 Wien, September 2006 Formica lusatica SEIFERT, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an ant species new to Finland, with notes on its biology and the description of males Wojciech CZECHOWSKI & Alexander RADCHENKO Abstract A taxonomically problematic ant species from southernmost Finland, so far determined as Formica rufibarbis FABRICIUS, 1793 or / and F. cunicularia LATREILLE, 1798, is identified as Formica lusatica SEIFERT, 1997. This is the first report of this species from Finland. Aspects of the biology of F. lusatica under the local conditions, and especially its relations with Formica sanguinea LATREILLE, 1798, are presented and the description of its males is given. Key words: Ants, Formica lusatica, Formica sanguinea, fauna, taxonomy, description of male, ecology, social para- sitism, Finland. Prof. Dr. Wojciech Czechowski (contact author), Prof. Dr. Alexander Radchenko, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 64 Wilcza Str., 00-679, Warsaw, Poland. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. kiev.ua Introduction Until recently, two species of the Formica rufibarbis com- given by SEIFERT (1996) in the key. Together with this plex were recorded in Finland: F. rufibarbis FABRICIUS, report, we describe the males of F. lusatica and briefly 1793 (COLLINGWOOD 1979) and F. cunicularia LATREILLE, compare them with the males of F. cunicularia and F. rufi- 1798 (ALBRECHT 1993), both reported only from the south- barbis. The aim of the study was also to describe elements ern part of the country (approximately to latitude 62° N). of biology of F. lusatica, especially the nature of its rela- The main morphological differences between F. -
COUNTRYSIDE Page 1 of 16
Page 1 of 16 COUNTRYSIDE Introduction 12.1 Shepway has a rich and diverse landscape ranging from the rolling chalk downland and dry valleys of the North Downs, through the scarp and dip slope of the Old Romney Shoreline, to Romney Marsh and the unique shingle feature of the Dungeness peninsula. This diversity is reflected in the range of Natural Areas and Countryside Character Areas, identified by English Nature and the Countryside Agency respectively, which cover the District. The particular landscape and wildlife value of large parts of the District is also recognised through protective countryside designations, including Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Heritage Coastline, as well as the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The countryside also plays host to a wide range of activities and it is recognised that the health of the rural economy and the health of the countryside are inter-linked. A function of the Local Plan is to achieve a sustainable pattern of development in the countryside. This involves a balance between the needs of rural land users and maintaining and enhancing countryside character and quality. 12.2 This balance is achieved in two main ways:- a. By focussing most development in urban areas, particularly on previously developed sites and ensuring that sufficient land is allocated to meet identified development requirements, thus reducing uncertainty and speculation on ‘greenfield’ sites in the countryside. b. By making firm policy statements relating to: the general principles to be applied to all proposals in the countryside; specific types of development in the countryside; and the protection of particularly important areas. -
Shepway Local Development Framework Green Infrastructure Report
EB 08.20 Shepway Local Development Framework Green Infrastructure Report Elham Park Wood Shepway Green Infrastructure Report July 2011 1 Contents 1. Green Infrastructure - definitions 2. Components of GI 3. Functions and benefits of GI 4. GI policy context 5. The GI resource in Shepway 6. Biodiversity GI in Shepway 7. Linear Feature GI 8. Civic Amenity GI 9. Key issues and opportunities in relation to strategic development sites Shepway Green Infrastructure Report July 2011 2 1. Green Infrastructure - definitions 1.1 A number of definitions of Green Infrastructure (GI) are in use including:- PPS12 – “…a network of multi-functional green space, both new and existing, both rural and urban, which supports the natural and ecological processes and is integral to the health and quality of life of sustainable communities.” 1.2 South East Plan/South East GI Partnership – “For the purposes of spatial planning the term green infrastructure (GI) relates to the active planning and management of sub-regional networks of multi-functional open space. These networks should be managed and designed to support biodiversity and wider quality of life, particularly in areas undergoing large scale change.“ 1.3 Natural England – “Green Infrastructure (GI) is a strategically planned and delivered network of high quality green spaces and other environmental features. It should be designed and managed as a multifunctional resource capable of delivering a wide range of environmental and quality of life benefits for local communities. Green Infrastructure includes parks, open spaces, playing fields, woodlands, allotments and private gardens.” 1.4 The common features of these definitions are that GI:- • involves natural and managed green areas in urban and rural settings • is about the strategic connection of open green areas • should provide multiple benefits for people 2. -
Research of the Biodiversity of Tovacov Lakes
Research of the biodiversity of Tovacov lakes (Czech Republic) Main researcher: Jan Ševčík Research group: Vladislav Holec Ondřej Machač Jan Ševčík Bohumil Trávníček Filip Trnka March – September 2014 Abstract We performed biological surveys of different taxonomical groups of organisms in the area of Tovacov lakes. Many species were found: 554 plant species, 107 spider species, 27 dragonflies, 111 butterfly species, 282 beetle species, orthopterans 17 and 7 amphibian species. Especially humid and dry open habitats and coastal lake zones were inhabited by many rare species. These biotopes were found mainly at the places where mining residuals were deposited or at the places which were appropriately prepared for mining by removing the soil to the sandy gravel base (on conditions that the biotope was still in contact with water level and the biotope mosaic can be created at the slopes with low inclination and with different stages of ecological succession). Field study of biotope preferences of the individual species from different places created during mining was performed using phytosociological mapping and capture traps. Gained data were analyzed by using ordinate analyses (DCA, CCA). Results of these analyses were interpreted as follows: Technically recultivated sites are quickly getting species – homogenous. Sites created by ecological succession are species-richer during their development. Final ecological succession stage (forest) can be achieved in the same time during ecological succession as during technical recultivation. According to all our research results most biologically valuable places were selected. Appropriate management was suggested for these places in order to achieve not lowering of their biological diversity. To even improve their biological diversity some principles and particular procedures were formulated.