Landscape-scale species monitoring of agri-environment schemes (LandSpAES project). Final project report, 2022

Staley, J.T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6467-3712; Jarvis, S.G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6770-2002; Redhead, J.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2233-3848; Siriwardena, G.M.; McCracken, M.E.; Botham, M.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5276-1405; Howell, K.; Upcott, E.; Dean, H.; Harrower, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5070-5293; Ward, C.; Conway, G.J.; Henderson, I.G.; Pringle, H.; Newson, S.; Turvey, K.; Christelow, J.; Falk, S.; Mondain-Monval, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6770-2002; Amy, S.; Pywell, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-9959. 2022 Landscape-scale species monitoring of agri-environment schemes (LandSpAES project). Final project report, 2022. London, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 165pp.

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Abstract/Summary

In this project, we applied a novel, pseudo-experimental design in order to collect a baseline survey dataset of the responses of mobile taxa to local and landscape AES gradients over four years, from 54 survey squares across six regions (NCAs) in England. This is the first project to monitor the responses of multiple mobile taxa to generalised AES gradients across large spatial extents, which were applied to arable, grassland and upland agricultural systems, in order specifically to address impacts beyond AES option or agreement boundaries. This baseline dataset supported a spatial assessment of relationships between the AES gradients and taxon abundance (or activity), species richness and diversity. Strong evidence for relationships with local and / or landscape AES gradients were found for one or more response variable for butterflies, moths and bats. Little or no evidence of AES gradient relationships were found for either bees or hoverflies and weak evidence for associations with bird metrics. A future resurvey would allow analyses of the longer-term changes in target taxa in response to AES management, against this baseline. The identification of various spatial relationships is encouraging in terms of the likely power to detect AES effects on biodiversity change in the future.

Item Type:	Publication - Report (Project Report)
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-) Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
Funders/Sponsors:	Natural England
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Report and additional documents freely available online via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	biodiversity, environmental stewardship, landscape, natural environment
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	23 Oct 2023 16:04 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536057

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