Configurational landscape heterogeneity shapes functional community composition of grassland butterflies

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 505 - 513
• Main Authors: Perović, David, Gámez‐Virués, Sagrario, Börschig, Carmen, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Krauss, Jochen, Steckel, Juliane, Rothenwöhrer, Christoph, Erasmi, Stefan, Tscharntke, Teja, Westphal, Catrin, Kleijn, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Scientific Publications 01.04.2015; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Biodiversity; Biodiversity loss; Body size; butterflies; Butterflies & moths; Community composition; community structure; conservation; Ecosystems; European Union; functional diversity; functional maps; Germany; governmental programs and projects; Grasslands; Habitat management; Habitat preferences; Habitats; Heterogeneity; homogenization; Land use; Landscape; Landscape ecology; landscape management; landscapes; land‐use intensity; larvae; Lepidoptera; management; migratory behavior; species diversity; Taxonomy; Threatened species; trait dominance; viability; Wildlife conservation; wings; Germany

Landscape heterogeneity represents two aspects of landscape simplification: (i) compositional heterogeneity (diversity of habitat types); and (ii) configurational heterogeneity (number, size and arrangement of habitat patches), both with different ecological implications for community composition. W...