Unit 1: Threatened UK Habitats - Hedgerows
- Created by: rosieevie
- Created on: 27-04-14 18:00
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- Threatened UK Habitats - Hedgerows
- Creation
- Woodland relic hedges - strips of woodland left between fields (more diverse)
- Planted hedges - divide land or provide barriers to livestock (less diverse)
- Key Features
- Species found usually are woodland species
- High wildlife value
- Temporary used by nesting and feeding birds or hibernating insects
- Available to large numbers of species
- Act as biological corridors for mice, squirrels, weasels, stoats and dormice
- Threats
- Road widening
- Replacement by fences
- Damage by vehicles, creating gaps
- Increase in harmable area and food harvests
- Ceasing traditional management e.g. hedge-laying
- Conservation Measures
- Cutting the stems and bending them over to produce a denser hedge base
- Encouraging the creation of hedgerows
- Creation
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