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    <publishedYear>2021</publishedYear>
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    <pageNumber>112</pageNumber>
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    <type>bachelorthesis</type>
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    <completedDate>2021-03-01</completedDate>
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    <thesisDateAccepted>2021-02-26</thesisDateAccepted>
    <title language="eng">Biodiversity changes in vegetation and insects following the creation of a wildflower strip: A Case Study</title>
    <abstract language="eng">With the Global Climate Change, the loss of biodiversity is one of the most current and biggest crises of today and the future. The loss i.e., the decrease of biodiversity, does not only have negative effects on vegetation and animals, but also on humans. If nature is doing well, people are doing well. In order to counteract the loss, this bachelor thesis attempts to increase plant and insect biodiversity at a specific location with insect-friendly seed mixtures and by measuring the change using comparison areas.  Accordingly, the two research questions were addressed: &#13;
(1) "How does plant-biodiversity change in the backyard and front yard on the seed mixture plot compared to plant-biodiversity in the backyard and front yard next to the seed mixture plot?" and (2) "How does insect-biodiversity change in the backyard and front yard on the seed mixture plot compared to insect-biodiversity in the backyard and front yard next to the seed mixture plot?"&#13;
To answer these research questions and to obtain more suitable data, a wildflower strip was established in the backyard and one in the front yard, each with an adjacent reference field, to ensure equal environmental conditions and to detect changes in flora and fauna. Plants and insects were observed and documented during the flowering period in order to determine differences in biodiversity sizes afterwards. The comparison of the different biodiversity sizes shows that an increase in insect and plant biodiversity can be achieved by planting insect-friendly wildflower strips. As the increase of plant biodiversity also leads to the increase of insect biodiversity. Further research in the field of biodiversity enhancement could be done by collecting more measurement points of the coefficients at additional locations to extend the data set and to improve the applied method of this bachelor thesis. Also, the recordings could be repeated over a longer time period of several years.</abstract>
    <identifier type="urn">urn:nbn:de:hbz:1383-opus4-7061</identifier>
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    <author>Johanna Marquardt</author>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Biodiversity</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Insect friendly</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Species diversity</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Species richness</value>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Wildflower strip</value>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Environment</value>
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    <subject>
      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Nature</value>
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    <collection role="institutes" number="">Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt</collection>
    <thesisPublisher>Hochschule Rhein-Waal</thesisPublisher>
    <thesisGrantor>Hochschule Rhein-Waal</thesisGrantor>
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