Effects of grass management intensity on ground beetle assemblages in rice field banks

Cardarelli, Elisa; Bogliani, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2014.05.004

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“…For instance, good dispersers or species with a preference for open habitats may be favored by agroecosystems dominated by homogenized open areas (Döring and Kromp, 2003), while more sensitive species with large-sized bodies and/or poorer dispersal ability may undergo a negative impact due to landscape simplification (Cardarelli and Bogliani, 2014;Kotze and O'Hara, 2003;Martins da Silva et al, 2008;Petit and Usher, 1998). Also, a landscape configuration driving dispersal limitation among local communities have been increasingly recognized to play an important role in structuring community composition of carabid beetles at larger spatial scales (Driscoll et al, 2010;Niemelä and Spence, 1994;Ulrich and Zalewski, 2007).…”

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“…Recent studies have pointed out that microhabitat conditions within agricultural fields and the context of the surrounding landscape may influence carabid communities in agroecosystems (Bengtsson et al, 2005;Cardarelli and Bogliani, 2014;Dauber et al, 2003;Diekötter et al, 2010). For instance, linear structures within the agricultural patches, such as field margins or hedgerows may provide shelter (breeding sites, overwintering habitats, etc.)…”

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Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system

Silva

Oliveira

Ferreira

et al. 2017

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A B S T R A C TThe effects of land-use management and environmental features at different scales on carabid beetle diversity and trait structure were assessed across olive groves in northeastern Portugal. We selected organic and integrated olive groves that were distinct in terms of specific management practices, local linear features and landscape configurations. Besides the management intensification levels, differences in carabid diversity and community traits were mainly due to local habitat and ecological linear structures at a finer spatial scale. Carabid community traits related to disturbance, namely traits of body size and species dispersal ability, responded to land-use intensity and particular olive grove features were influencing diversity patterns. Within the olive grove patches, larger and brachypterous species were associated to plots with more dense vegetation cover while macropterous and small-sized species were more associated to open areas. Also, larger carabid species benefitted from higher patch size heterogeneity within the landscape mosaics. Our findings indicate that the effects of farming system is contingent on the specific management practices, local and linear features present in agroecosystems such as olive groves. Particularly, the influence of local features on carabid diversity patterns and community traits linked to dispersal and movement may be crucial in maintaining pest control at a landscape scale.

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Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system

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Oliveira

Ferreira

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“…Furthermore, the general evidence for the decrease of body size with increasing levels of disturbances is equivocal. A number of studies found decrease of the mean body size of species with increasing disturbance (Brigić et al., ; Cardarelli & Bogliani, ; Magura, Elek, & Tóthmérész, ; Magura et al., ; Niemelä et al., ; Šustek, ), whereas along successional gradients often a decrease of body size with advancing succession have been reported, particularly for herbivores (e.g. Siemann, Tilman, & Haarstad, ).…”

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Converting forests to agriculture decreases body size of Carabid assemblages in Zambia

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Body size affects both intraspecific and interspecific competition. Land-use affects such interactions within assemblages of species and should, therefore, also change the size structure of these assemblages. In particular one expects a decrease of mean body size with disturbances. We compared interspecific size structure of carabid assemblages between agricultural fields (frequent disturbances) and forests in Zambia using pitfall traps operated across 1 year. Mean body length across species co-occurring within sites in agricultural fields was significantly smaller than in natural forests. Furthermore, in both habitats, we found evidence for ecological clustering in respect to body size, although in forests, body size differences between adjacentsized species tended to be overdispersed. We also found a positive relationship between log 10 -transformed body length and log 10 -transformed activity abundance in forests, suggesting competitive asymmetries between large and small species.Overall, these observations suggest that the size structure of carabid assemblages depends on disturbances as well as competitive interactions. Such interactions seem to be, however, of lower importance within agricultural fields. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/aje Afr J Ecol. 2018;56:216-224. K E Y W O R D S abundance, body length, disturbances, ground beetles, size structure, Zambia

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“…, Woodcock et al. , Cardarelli and Bogliani , Lafage and Pétillon , Birkhofer et al. , Simons et al.…”

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“…The ongoing intensification of these practices via increased fertilizer application, higher cutting frequencies and higher livestock densities, has negatively impacted grassland biodiversity (e.g., Kleijn et al 2009, Allan et al 2014, Uchida and Ushimaru 2014 and led to biotic homogenization across many plant and animal taxa Ushimaru 2015, Gossner et al 2016). For invertebrates, management intensification has been shown to favor species that are smaller in size, ecologically less specialized, and have a greater dispersal capacity (Blake et al 1994, Woodcock et al 2009, Cardarelli and Bogliani 2014, Lafage and P etillon 2014, Birkhofer et al 2015, Simons et al 2017.…”

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Larval and phenological traits predict insect community response to mowing regime manipulations

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Menz

Baur

et al. 2019

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For the restoration of biodiversity in agricultural grasslands, it is essential to understand how management acts as an ecological filter on the resident species. Mowing constitutes such a filter: only species that possess functional traits enabling them to withstand its consequences can persist in the community. We investigated how the timing of mowing modulates this filtering effect for insects. We predicted that two traits drive species responses. Species with larval development within the meadow vegetation will suffer more from mowing than species whose larvae develop in or on the ground, or outside the meadows, while species with a later phenology should benefit from later mowing. We conducted a five‐year experiment, replicated at 12 sites across the Swiss lowlands, applying three different mowing regimes to low‐intensity hay meadows: (1) first cut of the year not earlier than 15 June (control regime); (2) the first cut delayed until 15 July; and (3) leaving an uncut grass refuge on 10–20% of the meadow area (after earliest first cut on 15 June). Before the first cut in years 4 or 5, we sampled larvae of Lepidoptera and sawflies, and adults of moths, parasitoid wasps, wild bees, hoverflies, ground beetles, and rove beetles. Overall, before the first cut of the year, abundances of species with vegetation‐dwelling larvae were higher in meadows with delayed mowing or an uncut grass refuge, with some taxon‐specific variation. In contrast, species whose larval development is independent of the meadow vegetation showed no differences in abundance between mowing regimes. Species richness did not differ among regimes. For species with vegetation‐dwelling larvae, a fourth‐corner analysis showed an association between early phenology and the control regime. No associations were found for the other functional groups. Our results show that slight modifications of mowing regimes, easily implementable in agri‐environmental policy schemes, can boost invertebrate abundance, potentially benefitting insectivorous vertebrates.

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Effects of grass management intensity on ground beetle assemblages in rice field banks

Cited by 30 publications

References 58 publications

Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system

Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system

Converting forests to agriculture decreases body size of Carabid assemblages in Zambia

Larval and phenological traits predict insect community response to mowing regime manipulations

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