Manage cutting regime

Overall effectiveness category Evidence not assessed
Number of studies: 0
Share Tweet Email

View assessment score

How is the evidence assessed?

Effectiveness

not assessed
Certainty

not assessed
Harms

not assessed

Calculating overall effectiveness category

Background information and definitions

Many amphibians require damp terrestrial habitat once they move out of water. If vegetation surrounding water bodies is cut very short, it will not retain sufficient humidity and cover for amphibians during their terrestrial stages. Cutting can also disturb amphibians.

Key messages

One study investigating the effects of changing mowing regimes is discussed in ‘Habitat restoration and creation – Change mowing regime’.

About key messages

Key messages provide a descriptive index to studies we have found that test this intervention.

Studies are not directly comparable or of equal value. When making decisions based on this evidence, you should consider factors such as study size, study design, reported metrics and relevance of the study to your situation, rather than simply counting the number of studies that support a particular interpretation.

Please cite as:

Smith, R.K., Meredith, H. & Sutherland, W.J. (2020) Amphibian Conservation. Pages 9-64 in: W.J. Sutherland, L.V. Dicks, S.O. Petrovan & R.K. Smith (eds) What Works in Conservation 2020. Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, UK.

Where has this evidence come from?

List of journals searched by synopsis

All the journals searched for all synopses

This Action forms part of the Action Synopsis:

Amphibian Conservation

Related Actions

Actions	Effectiveness	Studies	Category
Change mowing regime Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Plant new hedges Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Maintain or restore hedges Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link