Essays about: "sandy habitat"

Found 5 essays containing the words sandy habitat.

  1. 1. Sandytor som habitat för insekter : en studie av anlagda och naturliga sandytor i Solna kommun

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Nelly Zetterquist; [2022]
    Keywords : insekter; sandlevande insekter; vilda bin; skalbaggar; sandmarker; anlägga sandytor; sandbäddar; sandblottor; bohål; kläckhål; miljövariabel; area; lutning; väderstreck; sandjord; täckningsgrad av markvegetation; solexponering; sälg;

    Abstract : Många insekter är beroende av sandiga marker för sin överlevnad. Exempelvis gräver många arter av bin, getingar och skalbaggar sina bon i sandmarker. Under 1900-talet har dock den totala arealen sandmark minskat betydligt till följd av förändrad markanvändning, och tillståndet för sandlevande arter har försämrats. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ground-nesting bees in the age of urbanization : quality of sandy habitat and wild bee diversity in Uppsala, Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Indre Cepukaite; [2022]
    Keywords : ground-nesting bees; wild bees; cleptoparasitic bees; indicator taxon; urbanization; sandy soil; bare soil; habitat age; ground cover; diversity; pollinator protection and conservation;

    Abstract : Wild bees are indispensable pollinators of most flowering plants and agricultural crops, and thus are vital components of functioning ecosystems and provide essential ecosystem services to humans. This study primarily aimed to discover the environmental features of nesting habitat that are mostly associated with wild ground-nesting and associated cleptoparasitic bee species diversity in urban landscape. READ MORE

  4. 3. Urban sandy habitats : designing through nature conservation methods

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Boglárka Szilassy; [2019]
    Keywords : sand; cultural landscape; sandy habitat; management; restoration; design; Tempelhofer Feld; prototype; native; grazing;

    Abstract : Sandy habitats carry an extreme diversity. They occur in many various types and forms from coast to inland. Also, there are landscape types that occur in sandy environments but are not exclusively sandy habitats. But what we can say about all for sure, is that they need disturbance to survive. READ MORE

  5. 4. English Arts and Crafts gardens and how they can be modernised in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Kristina Nygren; [2012]
    Keywords : Arts and Crafts movement; sustainable garden; Hidcote Manor; Sissinghurst Castle; Ulla Molin; Ulf Nordfjell; Garden Design; modernisation; hållbar trädgård; trädgårdsgestaltning; modernisering;

    Abstract : The aim with this thesis was to investigate what characterises an English Arts and Crafts garden how they could be modernised in Sweden. My research was limited to 20 weeks of full-time writing and worth 30 ECTS. Through literature studies, interviews and site visits I could analyse my findings which resulted in a concrete garden design project. READ MORE

  6. 5. Vegetation establishment after restoration measures in calcareous sandy grasslands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

    Author : Sara Alexandersson; [2012]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Calcareous sandy grasslands are among the most threatened habitats in Europe, primarily because of abandonment, acidification, eutrophication and fragmentation. Much of the biodiversity found in calcareous sandy grasslands depend on the availability of calcareous sand in the topsoil layer. READ MORE