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  1. Artikel ; Online: Spatio-temporal complementarity of floral resources sustains wild bee pollinators in agricultural landscapes

    Ammann, Lolita / Bosem-Baillod, Aliette / Herzog, Felix / Frey, David / Entling, Martin H. / Albrecht, Matthias

    2024  

    Abstract: Targeted conservation and promotion of wild bees in agroecosystems requires understanding of relationships between different groups of bees and available floral resources across land-use types during the season and at the landscape scale. Here, we ... ...

    Abstract Targeted conservation and promotion of wild bees in agroecosystems requires understanding of relationships between different groups of bees and available floral resources across land-use types during the season and at the landscape scale. Here, we quantified floral resource amount and diversity across habitat types at different times during the season at the scale of entire landscapes (500 m radius) across 20 different agricultural landscapes. Moreover, we examined whether floral resource metrics obtained from these high-resolution floral resource maps are more suitable to assess and predict abundance and species richness of different bee pollinator groups, including rare species and important crop pollinators, sampled in these agricultural landscapes compared to traditional land-cover metrics. Floral resource availability shifted from flower-rich woody vegetation early in the season to herbaceous vegetation such as grasslands and crops later in the season, which was associated with a ten-fold decline in overall floral resource availability. Forest edges had highest per-area floral contributions in spring, whereas floral diversity of grasslands, in particular if extensively managed, was continuously high. Total wild bee species richness, as well as rare species richness and abundance of important crop pollinators, increased with floral resource availability and/or diversity contributed by forest edges and floral diversity of permanent grasslands. Rare bee richness was also positively related to floral resource amount provided by crops. Total bee richness and important crop pollinator abundance, but not rare bee richness, were positively related to overall floral resource amount, but not floral diversity, in the landscape. Floral resource maps based on floral resource supply by major habitat types early or late in the season predicted wild bee species richness (R2 =0.61) better than traditional descriptors of landscape composition such as proportion of semi-natural habitat. The pronounced temporal shifts in ...
    Schlagwörter Biodiversity and ecosystem services
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsland dk
    Dokumenttyp Artikel ; Online
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  2. Artikel: Comparing floral resource maps and land cover maps to predict predators and aphid suppression on field bean

    Ammann, Lolita / Bosem-Baillod, Aliette / Eckerter, Philipp W. / Entling, Martin H. / Albrecht, Matthias / Herzog, Felix

    Landscape ecology. 2022 Feb., v. 37, no. 2

    2022  

    Abstract: CONTEXT: Predatory insects contribute to the natural control of agricultural pests, but also use plant pollen or nectar as supplementary food resources. Resource maps have been proposed as an alternative to land cover maps for prediction of beneficial ... ...

    Abstract CONTEXT: Predatory insects contribute to the natural control of agricultural pests, but also use plant pollen or nectar as supplementary food resources. Resource maps have been proposed as an alternative to land cover maps for prediction of beneficial insects. OBJECTIVES: We aimed at predicting the abundance of crop pest predating insects and the pest control service they provide with both, detailed flower resource maps and land cover maps. METHODS: We selected 19 landscapes of 500 m radius and mapped them with both approaches. In the centres of the landscapes, aphid predators – hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae), ladybeetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) – were surveyed in experimentally established faba bean phytometers (Vicia faba L. Var. Sutton Dwarf) and their control of introduced black bean aphids (Aphis fabae Scop.) was recorded. RESULTS: Landscapes with higher proportions of forest edge as derived from land cover maps supported higher abundance of aphid predators, and high densities of aphid predators reduced aphid infestation on faba bean. Floral resource maps did not significantly predict predator abundance or aphid control services. CONCLUSIONS: Land cover maps allowed to relate landscape composition with predator abundance, showing positive effects of forest edges. Floral resource maps may have failed to better predict predators because other resources such as overwintering sites or alternative prey potentially play a more important role than floral resources. More research is needed to further improve our understanding of resource requirements beyond floral resource estimations and our understanding of their role for aphid predators at the landscape scale.
    Schlagwörter Aphis fabae ; Chrysopidae ; Coccinellidae ; Syrphidae ; Vicia faba ; black beans ; edge effects ; faba beans ; flowers ; forests ; land cover ; landscape ecology ; landscapes ; nectar ; overwintering ; plant pests ; pollen ; prediction
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsverlauf 2022-02
    Umfang p. 431-441.
    Erscheinungsort Springer Netherlands
    Dokumenttyp Artikel
    ZDB-ID 1027798-5
    ISSN 1572-9761 ; 0921-2973
    ISSN (online) 1572-9761
    ISSN 0921-2973
    DOI 10.1007/s10980-021-01361-0
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  3. Artikel: Comparing floral resource maps and land cover maps to predict predators and aphid suppression on field bean.

    Ammann, Lolita / Bosem-Baillod, Aliette / Eckerter, Philipp W / Entling, Martin H / Albrecht, Matthias / Herzog, Felix

    Landscape ecology

    2021  Band 37, Heft 2, Seite(n) 431–441

    Abstract: Context: Predatory insects contribute to the natural control of agricultural pests, but also use plant pollen or nectar as supplementary food resources. Resource maps have been proposed as an alternative to land cover maps for prediction of beneficial ... ...

    Abstract Context: Predatory insects contribute to the natural control of agricultural pests, but also use plant pollen or nectar as supplementary food resources. Resource maps have been proposed as an alternative to land cover maps for prediction of beneficial insects.
    Objectives: We aimed at predicting the abundance of crop pest predating insects and the pest control service they provide with both, detailed flower resource maps and land cover maps.
    Methods: We selected 19 landscapes of 500 m radius and mapped them with both approaches. In the centres of the landscapes, aphid predators - hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae), ladybeetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) - were surveyed in experimentally established faba bean phytometers (
    Results: Landscapes with higher proportions of forest edge as derived from land cover maps supported higher abundance of aphid predators, and high densities of aphid predators reduced aphid infestation on faba bean. Floral resource maps did not significantly predict predator abundance or aphid control services.
    Conclusions: Land cover maps allowed to relate landscape composition with predator abundance, showing positive effects of forest edges. Floral resource maps may have failed to better predict predators because other resources such as overwintering sites or alternative prey potentially play a more important role than floral resources. More research is needed to further improve our understanding of resource requirements beyond floral resource estimations and our understanding of their role for aphid predators at the landscape scale.
    Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10980-021-01361-0.
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2021-11-19
    Erscheinungsland Netherlands
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1027798-5
    ISSN 1572-9761 ; 0921-2973
    ISSN (online) 1572-9761
    ISSN 0921-2973
    DOI 10.1007/s10980-021-01361-0
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  4. Artikel ; Online: Comparing floral resource maps and land cover maps to predict predators and aphid suppression on field bean

    Ammann, Lolita / Bosem-Baillod, Aliette / Eckerter, Philipp W. / Entling, Martin H. / Albrecht, Matthias / Herzog, Felix

    2021  

    Abstract: Context Predatory insects contribute to the natural control of agricultural pests, but also use plant pollen or nectar as supplementary food resources. Resource maps have been proposed as an alternative to land cover maps for prediction of beneficial ... ...

    Abstract Context Predatory insects contribute to the natural control of agricultural pests, but also use plant pollen or nectar as supplementary food resources. Resource maps have been proposed as an alternative to land cover maps for prediction of beneficial insects. Objectives We aimed at predicting the abundance of crop pest predating insects and the pest control service they provide with both, detailed flower resource maps and land cover maps. Methods We selected 19 landscapes of 500 m radius and mapped them with both approaches. In the centres of the landscapes, aphid predators – hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae), ladybeetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) – were surveyed in experimentally established faba bean phytometers (Vicia faba L. Var. Sutton Dwarf) and their control of introduced black bean aphids (Aphis fabae Scop.) was recorded. Results Landscapes with higher proportions of forest edge as derived from land cover maps supported higher abundance of aphid predators, and high densities of aphid predators reduced aphid infestation on faba bean. Floral resource maps did not significantly predict predator abundance or aphid control services. Conclusions Land cover maps allowed to relate landscape composition with predator abundance, showing positive effects of forest edges. Floral resource maps may have failed to better predict predators because other resources such as overwintering sites or alternative prey potentially play a more important role than floral resources. More research is needed to further improve our understanding of resource requirements beyond floral resource estimations and our understanding of their role for aphid predators at the landscape scale.
    Schlagwörter Cereals ; pulses and oilseeds ; Crop health ; quality ; protection
    Thema/Rubrik (Code) 333
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsland dk
    Dokumenttyp Artikel ; Online
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  5. Artikel ; Forschungsdaten: (mit Forschungsdaten) Landscape‐scale interactions of spatial and temporal cropland heterogeneity drive biological control of cereal aphids

    Bosem Baillod, Aliette / Teja Tscharntke / Yann Clough / Péter Batáry

    Journal of applied ecology. 2017 Dec., v. 54, no. 6

    2017  

    Abstract: Agricultural landscapes are characterised by dynamic crop mosaics changing in composition and configuration over space and time. Although semi‐natural habitat has been often shown to contribute to pest biological control, the effects of increasing ... ...

    Abstract Agricultural landscapes are characterised by dynamic crop mosaics changing in composition and configuration over space and time. Although semi‐natural habitat has been often shown to contribute to pest biological control, the effects of increasing landscape heterogeneity with cropland have been disregarded. Here, we examine how cereal aphids, their enemies and biological control are affected by the composition and configuration of the crop mosaic and its inter‐annual change due to crop rotation. We studied the abundance of cereal aphids, natural enemies and aphid parasitism over 2 years on 51 winter wheat fields. Arthropods were monitored at three distances (0, 10, 30 m) from field borders. Fields were embedded in landscapes of 1‐km diameter selected along orthogonal gradients of compositional crop heterogeneity (crop diversity), configurational heterogeneity (field border and grassy field boundary length) and inter‐annual change in cover of aphid host habitats (cereal, maize and grassland). We aimed to disentangle spatial and temporal heterogeneity effects through these independent landscape gradients. Aphid densities were lower in landscapes with smaller field size (more field borders) coupled with high amounts of grassy field boundaries. Aphid densities decreased also in landscapes with higher crop diversity when the cover of aphid host habitat had decreased from the year before. Aphid natural enemy densities decreased with smaller field size and high amounts of grassy field boundaries. Aphid parasitism decreased with the inter‐annual expansion in aphid host habitat, but only in landscapes with small field sizes. Synthesis and applications. Our study shows for the first time that cereal aphid numbers can be reduced by optimising the composition, configuration and temporal heterogeneity of the crop mosaic. We highlight the value of maintaining small field sizes in agricultural landscapes and high densities of grassy boundaries for reducing aphid abundance. Landscape‐wide crop diversification can reduce aphid densities as well.
    Schlagwörter Aphidoidea ; arthropods ; biological control ; corn ; crop rotation ; cropland ; grasslands ; habitats ; landscapes ; natural enemies ; parasitism ; pests ; space and time ; winter wheat
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsverlauf 2017-12
    Umfang p. 1804-1813.
    Erscheinungsort John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
    Dokumenttyp Artikel ; Forschungsdaten
    Anmerkung JOURNAL ARTICLE
    ZDB-ID 410405-5
    ISSN 1365-2664 ; 0021-8901 ; 0021-8901
    ISSN (online) 1365-2664
    ISSN 0021-8901
    DOI 10.1111/1365-2664.12910
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  6. Artikel ; Online: Landscape configuration, organic management, and within‐field position drive functional diversity of spiders and carabids

    Gallé, Róbert / Happe, Anne-Kathrin / Bosem-Baillod, Aliette / Tscharntke, Teja / Batáry, Péter

    2019  

    Abstract: 1. Agricultural management intensity and landscape heterogeneity act as the main drivers of biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes while also determining ecosystem services. The trait‐based functional diversity approach offers a way to assess ... ...

    Abstract 1. Agricultural management intensity and landscape heterogeneity act as the main drivers of biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes while also determining ecosystem services. The trait‐based functional diversity approach offers a way to assess changes in community functionality across agroecosystems. We focused on carabids and spiders, because they are an important component of crop field biodiversity and have significant biological control potential. 2. We assessed the effect of small‐ vs. large‐scale agricultural landscapes, organic farming, and within‐field position on functional diversity of spiders and carabids. We sampled pairs of organic and conventional winter wheat fields in small‐scale agricultural landscapes (former West Germany) and in neighbouring large‐scale agricultural landscapes (former East Germany). We sampled arthropods with funnel traps in transects at field edges, field interiors (15 m from edge), and field centres. 3. The gradient from field edges towards the centres played an important role: spider body size decreased; ballooning ability increased, and hunting strategy switched from active hunters to more web‐builders—presumably, due to higher microhabitat stability in the field centre. Higher trait diversity of spiders in field edges suggested higher biocontrol potential in small‐scale agriculture. In contrast, carabid feeding switched from herbivores to carnivores, presumably due to higher pest densities inside crop fields. Furthermore, small‐scale agricultural landscapes and organic management supported larger, i.e., less dispersive carabids. 4. Synthesis and applications. In our research, spiders were more sensitive to edge effects and less sensitive to management and landscape composition than carabids. Smaller fields and longer edges, as well as organic management increase carabid functional diversity, which may increase resilience to environmental change. Since many spider species are confined to field edges, the effect of within‐field position on functional diversity is more ...
    Schlagwörter Biodiversity and ecosystem services
    Thema/Rubrik (Code) 333
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsland dk
    Dokumenttyp Artikel ; Online
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  7. Artikel ; Online: Vulnerability of Ecosystem Services in Farmland Depends on Landscape Management

    Loos, Jacqueline / Batáry, Péter / Grass, Ingo / Westphal, Catrin / Bänsch, Svenja / Bosem-Baillod, Aliette / Hass, Annika L. / Rosa, Julia / Tscharntke, Teja

    2019  

    Abstract: Forty-four percent of Europe’s terrestrial surface is covered with agricultural land. Thus, agriculture strongly influences Europe’s environment, including ecological functions and processes. ...

    Abstract Forty-four percent of Europe’s terrestrial surface is covered with agricultural land. Thus, agriculture strongly influences Europe’s environment, including ecological functions and processes.
    Schlagwörter Biodiversity and ecosystem services
    Sprache Englisch
    Verlag Springer
    Erscheinungsland dk
    Dokumenttyp Artikel ; Online
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  8. Artikel ; Online: Distance functions of carabids in crop fields depend on functional traits, crop type and adjacent habitat

    Boetzl, Fabian A. / Sponsler, Douglas / Albrecht, Matthias / Batáry, Péter / Birkhofer, Klaus / Knapp, Michael / Krauss, Jochen / Maas, Bea / Martin, Emily A. / Sirami, Clélia / Sutter, Louis / Bertrand, Colette / Bosem Baillod, Aliette / Bota, Gerard / Bretagnolle, Vincent / Brotons, Lluis / Frank, Thomas / Fusser, Moritz / Giralt, David /
    González, Ezequiel / Hof, Anouschka R. / Luka, Henryk / Marrec, Ronan / Nash, Michael A. / Ng, Katharina / Plantegenest, Manuel / Poulin, Brigitte / Siriwardena, Gavin M. / Tscharntke, Teja / Tschumi, Matthias / Vialatte, Aude / Van Vooren, Laura / Zubair-Anjum, Muhammad / Entling, Martin H. / Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf / Schirmel, Jens

    a synthesis

    2024  

    Abstract: Natural pest and weed regulation are essential for agricultural production, but the spatial distribution of natural enemies within crop fields and its drivers are mostly unknown. Using 28 datasets comprising 1204 study sites across eight Western and ... ...

    Abstract Natural pest and weed regulation are essential for agricultural production, but the spatial distribution of natural enemies within crop fields and its drivers are mostly unknown. Using 28 datasets comprising 1204 study sites across eight Western and Central European countries, we performed a quantitative synthesis of carabid richness, activity densities and functional traits in relation to field edges (i.e. distance functions). We show that distance functions of carabids strongly depend on carabid functional traits, crop type and, to a lesser extent, adjacent non-crop habitats. Richness of both carnivores and granivores, and activity densities of small and granivorous species decreased towards field interiors, whereas the densities of large species increased. We found strong distance decays in maize and vegetables whereas richness and densities remained more stable in cereals, oilseed crops and legumes. We conclude that carabid assemblages in agricultural landscapes are driven by the complex interplay of crop types, adjacent non-crop habitats and further landscape parameters with great potential for targeted agroecological management. In particular, our synthesis indicates that a higher edge–interior ratio can counter the distance decay of carabid richness per field and thus likely benefits natural pest and weed regulation, hence contributing to agricultural sustainability.
    Schlagwörter Biodiversity and ecosystem services ; Crop health ; quality ; protection ; Weed management
    Thema/Rubrik (Code) 571
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsland dk
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  9. Artikel: Configurational crop heterogeneity increases within‐field plant diversity

    Alignier, Audrey / Solé‐Senan, Xavier O / Robleño, Irene / Baraibar, Bàrbara / Fahrig, Lenore / Giralt, David / Gross, Nicolas / Martin, Jean‐Louis / Recasens, Jordi / Sirami, Clélia / Siriwardena, Gavin / Bosem Baillod, Aliette / Bertrand, Colette / Carrié, Romain / Hass, Annika / Henckel, Laura / Miguet, Paul / Badenhausser, Isabelle / Baudry, Jacques /
    Bota, Gerard / Bretagnolle, Vincent / Brotons, Lluis / Burel, Françoise / Calatayud, François / Clough, Yann / Georges, Romain / Gibon, Annick / Girard, Jude / Lindsay, Kathryn / Minano, Jesus / Mitchell, Scott / Patry, Nathalie / Poulin, Brigitte / Tscharntke, Teja / Vialatte, Aude / Violle, Cyrille / Yaverscovski, Nicole / Batáry, Péter

    Journal of applied ecology. 2020 Apr., v. 57, no. 4

    2020  

    Abstract: Increasing landscape heterogeneity by restoring semi‐natural elements to reverse farmland biodiversity declines is not always economically feasible or acceptable to farmers due to competition for land. We hypothesized that increasing the heterogeneity of ...

    Abstract Increasing landscape heterogeneity by restoring semi‐natural elements to reverse farmland biodiversity declines is not always economically feasible or acceptable to farmers due to competition for land. We hypothesized that increasing the heterogeneity of the crop mosaic itself, hereafter referred to as crop heterogeneity, can have beneficial effects on within‐field plant diversity. Using a unique multi‐country dataset from a cross‐continent collaborative project covering 1,451 agricultural fields within 432 landscapes in Europe and Canada, we assessed the relative effects of compositional and configurational crop heterogeneity on within‐field plant diversity components. We also examined how these relationships were modulated by the position within the field. We found strong positive effects of configurational crop heterogeneity on within‐field plant alpha and gamma diversity in field interiors. These effects were as high as the effect of semi‐natural cover. In field borders, effects of crop heterogeneity were limited to alpha diversity. We suggest that a heterogeneous crop mosaic may overcome the high negative impact of management practices on plant diversity in field interiors, whereas in field borders, where plant diversity is already high, landscape effects are more limited. Synthesis and applications. Our study shows that increasing configurational crop heterogeneity is beneficial to within‐field plant diversity. It opens up a new effective and complementary way to promote farmland biodiversity without taking land out of agricultural production. We therefore recommend adopting manipulation of crop heterogeneity as a specific, effective management option in future policy measures, perhaps adding to agri‐environment schemes, to contribute to the conservation of farmland plant diversity.
    Schlagwörter agricultural land ; applied ecology ; data collection ; economic feasibility ; landscapes ; species diversity ; Canada ; Europe
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsverlauf 2020-04
    Umfang p. 654-663.
    Erscheinungsort John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
    Dokumenttyp Artikel
    Anmerkung NAL-AP-2-clean ; JOURNAL ARTICLE
    ZDB-ID 410405-5
    ISSN 1365-2664 ; 0021-8901
    ISSN (online) 1365-2664
    ISSN 0021-8901
    DOI 10.1111/1365-2664.13585
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  10. Artikel ; Online: Configurational crop heterogeneity increases within-field plant diversity

    Alignier, Audrey / Solé-Senan, Xavier Oriol / Robleño, Irene / Baraibar, Bàrbara / Fahrig, Lenore / Giralt, David / Gross, Nicolas / Martin, Jean-Louis / Recasens, Jordi / Sirami, Clélia / Siriwardena, Gavin / Bosem-Baillod, Aliette / Bertrand, Colette / Carrié, Romain / Hass, Annika / Henckel, Laura / Miguet, Paul / Badenhausser, Isabelle / Baudry, Jacques /
    Bota, Gerard / Bretagnolle, Vincent / Brotons, Lluis / Burel, Françoise / Calatayud, François / Clough, Yann / Georges, Romain / Gibon, Annick / Girard, Jude / Lindsay, Kathryn / Miñano, Jesús / Mitchell, Scott / Patry, Nathalie / Poulin, Brigitte / Tscharntke, Teja / Vialatte, Aude / Violle, Cyrille / Yaverscovski, Nicole / Batáry, Péter

    2020  

    Abstract: 1. Increasing landscape heterogeneity by restoring semi‐natural elements to reverse farmland biodiversity declines is not always economically feasible or acceptable to farmers due to competition for land. We hypothesized that increasing the heterogeneity ...

    Abstract 1. Increasing landscape heterogeneity by restoring semi‐natural elements to reverse farmland biodiversity declines is not always economically feasible or acceptable to farmers due to competition for land. We hypothesized that increasing the heterogeneity of the crop mosaic itself, hereafter referred to as crop heterogeneity, can have beneficial effects on within‐field plant diversity. 2. Using a unique multi‐country dataset from a cross‐continent collaborative project covering 1,451 agricultural fields within 432 landscapes in Europe and Canada, we assessed the relative effects of compositional and configurational crop heterogeneity on within‐field plant diversity components. We also examined how these relationships were modulated by the position within the field. 3. We found strong positive effects of configurational crop heterogeneity on within‐field plant alpha and gamma diversity in field interiors. These effects were as high as the effect of semi‐natural cover. In field borders, effects of crop heterogeneity were limited to alpha diversity. We suggest that a heterogeneous crop mosaic may overcome the high negative impact of management practices on plant diversity in field interiors, whereas in field borders, where plant diversity is already high, landscape effects are more limited. 4. Synthesis and applications. Our study shows that increasing configurational crop heterogeneity is beneficial to within‐field plant diversity. It opens up a new effective and complementary way to promote farmland biodiversity without taking land out of agricultural production. We therefore recommend adopting manipulation of crop heterogeneity as a specific, effective management option in future policy measures, perhaps adding to agri‐environment schemes, to contribute to the conservation of farmland plant diversity.
    Schlagwörter Biodiversity and ecosystem services
    Thema/Rubrik (Code) 580
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsland dk
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