Butterflies Tallgrass Prairie And Green Roofs

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Butterflies Tallgrass Prairie And Green Roofs

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Author : Pamela Blackmore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019

Butterflies Tallgrass Prairie And Green Roofs written by Pamela Blackmore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.

As pollinators continue to decrease across the United States, it is becoming more important to understand how this trend can be reversed. Cities, which have typically eliminated and fragmented pollinator habitat, may be able to utilize rooftops for the benefit of pollinators. The Memorial Stadium green roofs at Kansas State University are rooftops previously used as stadium seating, portions of which have recently been converted to native prairie vegetation. I evaluated the effectiveness of these green roofs as pollinator habitat in an urban context by comparing butterfly communities of the green roofs to those in an urban native prairie at Warner Park in Manhattan, Kansas, and a protected tallgrass prairie at the Konza Prairie Biological Station, approximately 10 km south of Manhattan, Kansas. I assessed the influence of on-site vegetation composition on butterfly species richness, distribution, behavior, and abundance. I employed a modified Pollard walk, plant composition sampling, and mapping of spatial distribution of vegetation used by individual butterflies with a GPS unit. Initial findings suggest that green roofs can provide urban habitat for butterflies. Indeed, butterfly abundance and mean species richness were greater at the Memorial Stadium than at either native prairie. However, while the green roofs support many species of butterflies, tallgrass prairie specialist species that were seen in the native prairie sites, such as the regal fritillary, were not observed using the green roofs. Butterfly behavior also varied between sites: butterflies using the stadium were predominately foraging, whereas butterflies at native prairie sites were flying through and not interacting with the plants. While plant species interactions with butterflies and links per species were greatest at Memorial Stadium, nestedness was lowest at this site. This study not only suggests that green roofs can compensate for lost pollinator habitat in urban areas, but by examining the effects of vegetation composition and structure as well as local land cover on butterfly abundance and behavior, it has important implications for the design and management of green roofs as urban butterfly habitat.

Ecoregional Green Roofs

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Author : Bruce Dvorak
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-02-05

Ecoregional Green Roofs written by Bruce Dvorak and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-05 with Science categories.

This book studies the application of green roofs in ecoregions of the western United States and Canada. While green roofs were intended to sustain local or regional vegetation, this volume describes how green roofs in their modern form are typically planted with a low-diversity mix of sedums from Europe or Asia. The authors demonstrate how in the western USA and Canada many green roofs have been designed with native plants and have been found to thrive. Part I of this book covers theory and an overview of ecoregions and their implications for green roofs. In Part II vegetation from prairies, deserts, montane meadows, coastal meadows, and scrub and sub-alpine habitats are explored on seventy-three ecoregional green roofs. Case studies explore design concepts, materials, watering and maintenance, wildlife, plant species, and lessons learned. Part III covers an overview of ecoregional green roofs and a future outlook. This book is aimed at professionals, designers, researchers, students and educators with an interest in green roofs and the preservation of biodiversity.

Contributions To The Understanding Of Tallgrass Prairie Dependent Butterflies And Moths Lepidoptera And Their Biogeography In The United States

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Contributions To The Understanding Of Tallgrass Prairie Dependent Butterflies And Moths Lepidoptera And Their Biogeography In The United States written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Butterflies categories.

Species Diversity Abundance And Distribution Of Butterflies In Tallgrass Prairie

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Author : Erma J. Selser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Species Diversity Abundance And Distribution Of Butterflies In Tallgrass Prairie written by Erma J. Selser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Butterflies categories.

Green Roof Ecosystems

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Author : Richard K. Sutton
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-06-04

Green Roof Ecosystems written by Richard K. Sutton and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Science categories.

This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components and the abiotic, biotic and cultural aspects connecting green roofs to the fields of community, landscape and urban ecology. The work contains examples of green roof venues that demonstrate the focus, level of detail, and techniques needed to understand the structure, function, and impact of these novel ecosystems. Representing a seminal compilation of research and technical knowledge about green roof ecology and how functional attributes can be enhanced, it delves to explore the next wave of evolution in green technology and defines potential paths for technological advancement and research.

Conservation Of Tallgrass Prairie Butterfly Species In A Highly Fragmented Landscape

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Author : Scott Joseph Mahady
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

Conservation Of Tallgrass Prairie Butterfly Species In A Highly Fragmented Landscape written by Scott Joseph Mahady and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.

The consequences of habitat fragmentation on communities have been extensively studied. However, few studies on habitat fragmentation have addressed the role landscape context plays in determining local species assemblages. Our study examines how landscape composition at the regional scale effects prairie butterfly communities in 24 Midwest native tallgrass prairie remnants located in four distinct geographical regions. These regions differed in their degree of historical habitat heterogeneity and their current predominant land use (matrix habitat). The current land use categories, or matrix type, included: row crop agriculture, pasture for cattle grazing, woodland, and urban development. Historically, the regions varied from continuous tallgrass prairie ecosystem to the historically isolated and smaller 'goat prairies' located within the Driftless area in Northeast Iowa and Southwest Wisconsin. Area accounted for a significant amount of the variation in species richness only in the two historically fragmented regions.

Diversity Abundance And Distribution Of Butterflies Associated With Remnant And Restored Tallgrass Prairie

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Author : Erma Jo Selser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Diversity Abundance And Distribution Of Butterflies Associated With Remnant And Restored Tallgrass Prairie written by Erma Jo Selser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Butterflies categories.

The Tallgrass Prairie Reader

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Author : John Price
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2014-06

The Tallgrass Prairie Reader written by John Price and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This is a collection of literature from and about the tallgrass bioregion. It focuses on autobiographical nonfiction including adventure narrative, spiritual reflection, childhood memoir, Native American perspectives, literary natural history, humor, travel writing and reportage. Writings by early explorers are followed by works of nineteenth-century authors that reflect the fear, awe, reverence, and thrill of adventure of the time. After 1900, following the destruction of the majority of tallgrass, much of the writing became nostalgic, elegiac, and mythic. A new environmental consciousness asserted itself midcentury, as personal responses to tallgrass were increasingly influenced by larger ecological perspectives. Preservation and restoration emerged as major themes. Early twenty-first-century writings demonstrate an awareness of tallgrass environmental history and the need for citizens, including writers, to remember and to help save our once magnificent prairies.

Insect Conservation And Australia S Grasslands

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Author : Tim R. New
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-11-13

Insect Conservation And Australia S Grasslands written by Tim R. New and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-13 with Science categories.

Australia’s varied grasslands have suffered massive losses and changes since European settlement, and those changes continue under increasingly intensive human pressures for development and agricultural production. The values of native grasslands for conservation of endemic native biodiversity, both flora and fauna, have led to strong interests in the protection of remaining fragments, especially near urban centres, and documentation of the insects and other inhabitants of grasslands spanning tropical to cool temperate parts of the country. Attention to conservation of grassland insects in Australia is relatively recent, but it is increasingly apparent that grasslands harbour many localised and ecologically specialised endemic species. Their conservation necessarily advances from very incomplete documentation, and draws heavily on lessons from the far better-documented grasslands elsewhere, most notably in the northern hemisphere, and undertaken over far longer periods. From those cases, and the extensive background to grassland management to harmonise conservation with production and amenity values through honing use of processes such as grazing, mowing and fire, the needs and priorities for Australia can become clearer, together with needs for grassland restoration at a variety of scales. This book is a broad overview of conservation needs of grassland insects in Australia, drawing on the background provided elsewhere in the world on the responses to disturbances, and the ecological importance, of some key insect groups (notably Orthoptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera) to suggest how insect conservation in native, pastoral and urban grasslands may be advanced. The substantial references given for each chapter facilitate entry for non-entomologist grassland managers and stewards to appreciate the diversity and importance of Australia’s grassland insects, their vulnerabilities to changes, and the possibilities for conserving them and the wider ecological roles in which they participate.

Canadian Reclamation

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Canadian Reclamation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Reclamation of land categories.