Structure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover

The intensification of agriculture in olive groves, especially the modification or elimination of spontaneous vegetation, alters the relationships in arthropod communities and reduces their interactions and ecosystem services. This study was carried out in nine olive groves in which there was either...

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Autores principales: Jesús CASTRO, Francisco S. TORTOSA, Antonio J. CARPIO
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2dceca480b13400d88565781d83bc4472021-11-05T15:23:15ZStructure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover1210-57591802-882910.14411/eje.2021.017https://doaj.org/article/2dceca480b13400d88565781d83bc4472021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-202101-0017_structure_of_canopy_and_ground-dwelling_arthropod_communities_in_olive_orchards_is_determined_by_the_type_of_so.phphttps://doaj.org/toc/1210-5759https://doaj.org/toc/1802-8829The intensification of agriculture in olive groves, especially the modification or elimination of spontaneous vegetation, alters the relationships in arthropod communities and reduces their interactions and ecosystem services. This study was carried out in nine olive groves in which there was either a planted cover crop, spontaneous cover crop or bare ground. The interactions of ground-dwelling, canopy and flying arthropods in trophic webs were calculated for each olive grove soil management regime at the family level taking into consideration their different functional traits: feeding guilds, specific agricultural traits and trophic level. Olive groves with spontaneous cover had trophic webs with a higher number of plausible links between arthropod families and a more balanced distribution of specimens among trophic levels compared to those with planted cover and bare ground. There was a similar number of arthropod families consisting of both pests and their natural enemies in the planted cover regime, while olive groves with bare ground had simpler trophic webs. The complexity of plausible trophic links was greater in olive groves with spontaneous plant cover despite the similar values for family richness in the three-olive grove soil management regimes. Qualitative values (such as functional traits) were more diverse in agroecosystems with spontaneous plant cover in which there were more sources of food.Jesús CASTROFrancisco S. TORTOSAAntonio J. CARPIOInstitute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciencearticleolive grovesundergrowtharthropod communityfunctional diversityplanted coverspontaneous coverbare groundunweighted quantitative descriptorsZoologyQL1-991ENEuropean Journal of Entomology, Vol 118, Iss 1, Pp 159-170 (2021)
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topic olive groves
undergrowth
arthropod community
functional diversity
planted cover
spontaneous cover
bare ground
unweighted quantitative descriptors
Zoology
QL1-991
spellingShingle olive groves
undergrowth
arthropod community
functional diversity
planted cover
spontaneous cover
bare ground
unweighted quantitative descriptors
Zoology
QL1-991
Jesús CASTRO
Francisco S. TORTOSA
Antonio J. CARPIO
Structure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover
description The intensification of agriculture in olive groves, especially the modification or elimination of spontaneous vegetation, alters the relationships in arthropod communities and reduces their interactions and ecosystem services. This study was carried out in nine olive groves in which there was either a planted cover crop, spontaneous cover crop or bare ground. The interactions of ground-dwelling, canopy and flying arthropods in trophic webs were calculated for each olive grove soil management regime at the family level taking into consideration their different functional traits: feeding guilds, specific agricultural traits and trophic level. Olive groves with spontaneous cover had trophic webs with a higher number of plausible links between arthropod families and a more balanced distribution of specimens among trophic levels compared to those with planted cover and bare ground. There was a similar number of arthropod families consisting of both pests and their natural enemies in the planted cover regime, while olive groves with bare ground had simpler trophic webs. The complexity of plausible trophic links was greater in olive groves with spontaneous plant cover despite the similar values for family richness in the three-olive grove soil management regimes. Qualitative values (such as functional traits) were more diverse in agroecosystems with spontaneous plant cover in which there were more sources of food.
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author Jesús CASTRO
Francisco S. TORTOSA
Antonio J. CARPIO
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Francisco S. TORTOSA
Antonio J. CARPIO
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title Structure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover
title_short Structure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover
title_full Structure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover
title_fullStr Structure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover
title_full_unstemmed Structure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover
title_sort structure of canopy and ground-dwelling arthropod communities in olive orchards is determined by the type of soil cover
publisher Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science
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