The effect of temperature and habitat quality on abundance of the Glanville fritillary on the Isle of Wight: implications for conservation management in a warming climate

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• 作者：R. J. Curtis ; N. J. B. Isaac
• 关键词：Melitaea cinxia ; Abundance ; Habitat quality ; Temperature ; Butterflies ; Hostplants
• 刊名：Journal of Insect Conservation
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：April 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：19
• 期：2
• 页码：217-225
• 全文大小：1,154 KB
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• 作者单位：R. J. Curtis (1) (2) (3) (4)
  N. J. B. Isaac (1)
  
  1. NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
  2. University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
  3. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK
  4. Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
  
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/ Biogeography
  Evolutionary Biology
  Human Genetics
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9753

文摘

Creating variation in microclimates through habitat management is often advocated as a way of ameliorating the impact of climate warming, although the effectiveness of microclimate management has rarely been studied. We compared temporal variation in habitat quality (the availability of suitably warm microclimates) and ambient air temperature on the abundance of a highly thermophilous species of butterfly, the Glanville fritillary Melitaea cinxia, at one site on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, UK, from 1997 to 2010. Ground temperatures beneath the various habitat successional stages were measured and compared, and the relationship between butterfly abundance and hostplant and weather variables was examined. Temporal variation in habitat quality was almost twice as strong as a predictor of butterfly abundance as ambient air temperature. We found no relationship between abundance and rainfall. Comparisons of ground temperatures beneath habitats showed that earlier successional stages were considerably warmer than later successional stages, and the distribution of Glanville fritillary larval ‘webs-within plots was restricted to these warmer habitats. Hostplants selected for oviposition by gravid females were also considerably warmer than ambient temperature. The importance of habitat quality reinforces the notion that thermophilous insects would benefit from site management practices that create thermally diverse environments. Heterogeneous habitats provide refugia for species intolerant of climate change, as well as opportunities for range expansion.