Species’ traits influence ground beetle responses to farm and landscape level agricultural intensification in Europe
| Autor: | Camilla Winqvist, Teja Tscharntke, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Flavia Geiger, Jaan Liira, Christina Fischer, Lars W. Clement, Andreas Flohre, Riccardo Bommarco, Tsipe Aavik, Jan Bengtsson, Frank Berendse, Carsten Thies, Erik Öckinger |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Biodiversity
Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation arable crops context Ground beetle Abundance (ecology) Nature and Landscape Conservation biodiversity carabid beetle Ecology biology biological-control spatial scales biology.organism_classification PE&RC functional diversity land Animal ecology Insect Science Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer Animal Science and Zoology Agricultural biodiversity Species richness habitat fragmentation Landscape ecology Arable land intraguild predation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Insect Conservation 18 (2014) 5 Journal of Insect Conservation, 18(5), 837-846 |
| ISSN: | 1366-638X |
| Popis: | Agricultural intensification may result in important shifts in insect community composition and function, but this remains poorly explored. Studying how groups of species with shared traits respond to local and landscape scale land-use management can reveal mechanisms behind such observed impacts. We tested if ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) divided into trait groups based on body sizes, wing morphologies and dietary preferences respond differently to farming practise (organic and conventional), farming intensity (measured as yield) and landscape complexity (measured as the proportion of arable land within a 1,000 m radius) across Europe. We used data from 143 farms in five regions in northern and central Europe. Organic farms did not differ in abundance or richness of any trait group compared to conventional farms. As farm scale intensity (yield) increased, overall abundance of beetles decreased, but abundances of small and medium sized beetles, as well as that of wingless beetles, were unaffected. Overall species richness was not affected by yield, whereas consideration of traits revealed that phytophagous and omnivorous beetles were less species rich on farms with high yields. Increasing the proportion of arable land in the landscape increased overall beetle abundance. This was driven by an increase in omnivorous beetles. The total species richness was not affected by an increase in the proportion arable land, although the richness of wingless beetles was found to increase. Potential effects on ecosystem functioning need to be taken into account when designing schemes to maintain agricultural biodiversity, because species with different ecological traits respond differently to local management and landscape changes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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