• Shelter

• Food

• Nesting and breeding sites

• Sink /source populations

• Wildlife corridors

• Functional diversity

Biodiversity Biodiversity Biodiversity

(Kotzageorgis, 1997) (Sparks et al., 1996)

Regulatory Services

• Water runoff

• Erosion

• Water quality

• Air quality

• Carbon storage

(Oreszczyn and Lane, 2000)

(Wolton, 2012;2013)

References

Kotzageorgis, G.C., Mason, C.F., 1997. Small mammal populations in relation to hedgerow structure in an arable landscape. Journal of Zoology 242, 425-434.

Oreszczyn, S., Lane, A., 2000. The meaning of hedgerows in the English landscape: Different stakeholder perspectives and the implications for future hedge management. Journal of Environmental Management 60, 101-118.

Sparks, T.H., Parish, T., Hinsley, S.A., 1996. Breeding birds in field boundaries in an agricultural landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 60, 1-8.

Wolton, R., 2012. The yield and cost of harvesting wood fuel from hedges in the Tamar Valley and Blackdowns AONBs, South-West England . European Cordiale Project.

Wolton, R., 2013. Wood fuel from West Country hedges. Devon Hedge Group.

Photos sourced from Hedgelink: www.hedgelink.org.uk