Fire and landscape context shape plant and butterfly diversity in a South African shrubland

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 357 - 371
• Main Authors: Topp, Emmeline N., Tscharntke, Teja, Loos, Jacqueline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.03.2022; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Abundance; Agricultural land; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH; Burning; Butterflies & moths; cape floristic region; Community composition; Composition; Ecosystems; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered plants; Endangered species; fire management; fragmentation; Fynbos; Habitats; Landscape; Mobility; Multidimensional scaling; natural disturbance; Plant diversity; Plant populations; Plant species; Polls & surveys; Shrublands; Shrubs; Species diversity; Species richness; Vegetation; Vegetation cover; Wildlife conservation; South Africa

Aim To understand effects of fire history and landscape composition on butterfly diversity in a fragmented agricultural landscape. Location We studied critically endangered renosterveld remnants within the fynbos biome in the Swartland municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, a global biodiversity...