Talk:Beetle bank

I have not heard of this term, but wonder if (and why) it would be grass. It would be far more effective if it were a bank of long blooming, nectariferous plants. Plants such as Joe-Pye weed, goldenrod, and many others, support a whole community of beneficial insects.

I'm going to further research this, but I would be interested in comments by the authors here as well. Pollinator 03:15, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I am not an expert of any kind, but I think the article may mix two types. IIRC, BB in a someone's lawn may be a strip or square of grass left uncut to foster breeding of predatory insects. However, in agricultural conditions, hedge rows or something like that may serve as BBs. How efficient the method actually is, I have no idea. - Nilmerg 13:20, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Huh, interesting. I was under the impression my Professor (who at the time as at southhampton uni) came up with the concept of beetle banks himself. And that it was his pushing of the concept that made others 'run with it' so to speak. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.255.27.16 (talk) 11:08, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Beetle banks are generally raised, grassy strips that run through an arable field. They provide overwintering habitat for predatory beetle species (hence the use of grasses - nectar plants support many other beneficial insects but beetle banks particularly target beetles). By effectively dividing the field into smaller blocks, they also reduce the distance that beetles have to travel to reach the centre of the field in spring compared to beetles overwintering at the field edge. This means that beetles more effectively control pest outbreaks in the field centre. The original paper was: Thomas, Wratten and Sotherton, Creation of 'Island' Habitats in Farmland to Manipulate Populations of Beneficial Arthropods: Predator Densities and Emigration, Journal of Applied Ecology, 28, 906-917 (1991). Jtwh3 (talk) 10:06, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

neologism
I have removed the neologism tag. It seems that many other wikipedia pages link here which to me implies that it is a valid entry. Further, the original addition (going by the change log) seems to have been done in a blanket manner, without making an entry specific judgement:

Mass adding {neologism} to a lot of articles in the 'Neologisms' category

(Quote altered to avoid tag expansion.) 88.77.149.209 (talk) 11:20, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

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Buffer strips
Isn't this just a specific case of the more general buffer strip? Or am I missing something? Guettarda (talk) 22:07, 29 December 2018 (UTC)