Value of ecological infrastructure diversity in the maintenance of spider assemblages: A case study of Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystems

Rosas‐Ramos, Natalia; Baños‐Picón, Laura; Tobajas, Estefanía; Paz, Víctor de; Tormos, José; Asís, Josep Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2018.06.026

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“…Here, we present an alternative that could be used as a complement to other management practices aiming at improving biodiversity (and ecosystem services), and reducing costs and damages in vineyards. Cardboard bands should be used together with other practices, such as the incorporation of native and floral diversity in intercropping rows (Fiedler et al 2008;James et al 2015;Wilson et al 2015;Rosas-Ramos et al 2018), minimizing pruning and the fungicide use (Pennington et al 2019), and allowing the presence of surrounding patches of natural vegetation (Isaiaet al 2006b;Thomson and Hoffmann 2013;Pfingstmann et al 2019). These simple practices could favor a gradual transition to a more sustainable agriculture production.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The use of artificial habitats increases spider abundance and richness in a vineyard of Argentina

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Maintaining biodiversity in agricultural systems is essential, as it plays a key role in ecosystem services provision. However, it is declining at an unprecedented rate. Several methods can contribute to increasing species diversity in agroecosystems, including the use of artificial microhabitats. Studies focusing on biodiversity in vineyards have been carried out recently, mainly in Europe and North America, but are scarce in South America. In this study, we investigate whether introduced environmental variability and habitat complexity, using corrugated cardboard bands, enhances spider abundance and diversity in vineyards. Spiders were collected from grapevine plants, using two collecting methods (foliage beating and direct collection). Plants with and without cardboard bands (N = 30) were sampled in three different phenological stages of the vineyard (veraison, maturity and postharvest). Overall, we collected 904 spiders belonging to 35 species. We found that spider abundance and species richness significantly increased with cardboard bands. In addition, we identified particular species that prefer cardboard bands to build their shelters. Results suggest that cost-effective habitat manipulation can increase spider abundance in vineyards, which implies higher biodiversity conservation value and potential for improving biological control.

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“…Spiders are an excellent model for agroecosystem studies, and have been the subject of numerous studies in the last years (Rypstra et al 1999;Sunderland 1999;studies reviewed in Birkhofer et al 2013;Rosas-Ramos et al 2018;Salman et al 2019, among others). Spiders have great tolerance to agricultural management.…”

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“…A greater complexity of habitat structure can contribute to greater arthropod diversity, as has been demonstrated in previous studies on spider communities [56,[59][60][61]. Species rich plantings are preferred to support multiple trophic levels of arthropods [62].…”

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Native insectary plants support populations of predatory arthropods for Australian vineyards

2019

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We provide a summary of two recent studies that investigated the role that three native insectary plants can play in promoting predatory arthropods, and thereby to enhance biological control of vineyard pests in Australia. Native plants are preferred as supplementary flora, as they are locally-adapted to Australia's climatic conditions. Stands of mature Bursaria spinosa, Leptospermum continentale and Rytidosperma ssp. located adjacent to, or in vineyards, in South Australia were sampled for arthropods in 2013/14. Grapevines were also sampled to explore relationships between each plant and associated arthropods using common diversity indices. Twenty seven thousand and ninety-one individual invertebrate specimens were collected, comprising 20 orders and 287 morphospecies. These were categorised into functional groups of predators, herbivores and other. Predatory arthropods dominated the diversity of morphospecies present on each plant. The richness of predator morphospecies across all plant types was nearly double the number found in association with grapevines. It may be possible to increase the functional diversity of predatory arthropods by more than 3x when either B. spinosa or L. continentale is present versus grapevines only, and increase the net number of predator morphospecies by around 27% when Rytidosperma ssp. are planted in combination with grapevines. The selected plants provide a suitable habitat to support diverse and functional populations of predatory arthropods. The opportunity to plant selected native insectary species could help wine grape growers save time and resources by producing fruit with lower pest incidence, while enhancing biodiversity associated with vineyards.

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“…First, in Europe with functional agrobiodiversity approaches, where permanent grassland and crop diversification within ecological focus areas involved a certain percent of arable land that was set aside to be used for field margins, hedges, trees, fallow land, landscape features, biotopes, buffer strips, and afforested area (Delbaere et al, 2014). Similarly, connectivity was achieved with ecological infrastructures, such as woodland hedges, rosaceous hedges, grass strips, wildflower strips, and field margin (Rosas-Ramos et al, 2018). In Pakistan, an example of EbA included connecting landscapes through practices such as crop rotation, intercropping, agroforestry, crop diversification, live fencing, and wind barriers by trees (Shah et al, 2019).…”

Section: Conservationmentioning

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NBS Framework for Agricultural Landscapes

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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Entering the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, interventions referred to as nature-based solutions (NBS) are at the forefront of the sustainability discourse. While applied in urban, natural forest or wetland ecosystems, they are underutilized in agricultural landscapes. This paper presents a technical framework to characterise NBS in agricultural systems. NBS in the agriculture sector is proposed as “the use of natural processes or elements to improve ecosystem functions of environments and landscapes affected by agricultural practices, and to enhance livelihoods and other social and cultural functions, over various temporal and spatial scales.” The framework emerges from a review of 188 peer-reviewed articles on NBS and green infrastructure published between 2015 and 2019 and three international expert consultations organized in 2019–2020. The framework establishes four essential functions for NBS in agriculture: 1) Sustainable practices — with a focus on production; 2) Green Infrastructure — mainly for engineering purposes such as water and soil, and slope stabilization; 3) Amelioration — for restoration of conditions for plants, water, soil or air and climate change mitigation; and 4) Conservation — focusing on biodiversity and ecosystem connectivity. The framework connects the conventional divide between production and conservation to add functionality, purpose and scale in project design. The review confirmed limited evidence of NBS in agricultural systems particularly in developing country contexts, although specific technologies feature under other labels. Consultations indicated that wider adoption will require a phased approach to generate evidence, while integrating NBS in national and local policies and agricultural development strategies. The paper concludes with recommended actions required to facilitate such processes.

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Value of ecological infrastructure diversity in the maintenance of spider assemblages: A case study of Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystems

Cited by 33 publications

References 62 publications

The use of artificial habitats increases spider abundance and richness in a vineyard of Argentina

The use of artificial habitats increases spider abundance and richness in a vineyard of Argentina

Native insectary plants support populations of predatory arthropods for Australian vineyards

NBS Framework for Agricultural Landscapes

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