Effects of landscape structure on avian-mediated insect pest control services: a review

Autor(es)

Boesing, Andrea L. ; Nichols, Elizabeth ; Metzger, Jean P.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo de Revisão
• Fonte: LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; v. 32, n. 5, p. 931-944, MAY 2017.
• Citações Web of Science: 17

Resumo

Context Despite increasing evidence that landscape composition and configuration strongly influence the community structure of potential pest-regulators, landscape structure has seldom been explicitly linked with the rate and magnitude of pest-control services. Objectives and methods We conducted a systematic literature review evaluating 158 relevant studies to: (1) characterize our existing understanding of the empirical relationships between landscape structure and avian-mediated insect pest control services in agricultural systems, (2) identify gaps in our current understanding, and (3) develop a conceptual model of landscape structural influences on avian-mediated pest control. Results and discussion We found on-farm pest suppression by birds was often higher in landscapes with higher native habitat cover, higher compositional heterogeneity, and in agricultural patches in closer proximity to native habitats. We identified more than 200 bird species that provide pest control services across both temperate and tropical regions. While most avian predators are habitat-generalist species, a substantial fraction of pest control services in tropical regions was mediated by habitat-dependent species, suggesting a link between conservation management and maintenance of pest control services. We identified a three-part research agenda for future investigations of the relationships between landscape structure and avian-mediated pest control, focusing on an improved understanding of mechanisms related to: (1) predator-prey interactions and landscape modulation of trophic relationships, (2) bird dispersal ability and landscape connectivity, and (3) cross-habitat spillover of habitat-dependent avian predators. Implications These findings can be applied to efforts to manage and design landscapes capable of supporting both biodiversity and ecosystem services. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/12777-0 - Influência da composição da paisagem e da diversidade funcional e filogenética das comunidades de aves na provisão do serviço de regulação de pragas agrícolas
• Beneficiário: Andrea Larissa Boesing
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 13/23457-6 - Projeto interface: relações entre estrutura da paisagem, processos ecológicos, biodiversidade e serviços ecossistêmicos
• Beneficiário: Jean Paul Walter Metzger
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 14/11676-8 - Quantificando a base mecanicista de serviços ecossistêmicos associados à regulação de doenças em paisagens agrícolas
• Beneficiário: Elizabeth Stevens Nichols
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado