TY - JOUR
T1 - A simultaneous assessment of multiple ecosystem services and disservices in vineyards and orchards on Terceira Island, Azores
AU - Ferrante, Marco
AU - Lamelas-López, Lucas
AU - Nunes, Rui
AU - Monjardino, Paulo
AU - Lopes, David J.H.
AU - Soares, António Onofre
AU - Lövei, Gábor L.
AU - Borges, Paulo A.V.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Adega Simas, Eleutério Nunes, Mozart Macedo Ávila, and Paulo Ferreira, who permitted us to work on their properties, and Michal Knapp for the Taraxacum seeds. This work was financed by FEDER (European Regional Development Fund) in 85% and by Azorean Public Funds by 15% through Operational Program Azores 2020, under the project AGRO-ECOSERVICES ( ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000073 ). Authorship is by the “first-and-last-author-emphasis” (FLAE) principle. The last two authors contributed equally to the paper.
Funding Information:
We thank Adega Simas, Eleut?rio Nunes, Mozart Macedo ?vila, and Paulo Ferreira, who permitted us to work on their properties, and Michal Knapp for the Taraxacum seeds. This work was financed by FEDER (European Regional Development Fund) in 85% and by Azorean Public Funds by 15% through Operational Program Azores 2020, under the project AGRO-ECOSERVICES (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000073). Authorship is by the ?first-and-last-author-emphasis? (FLAE) principle. The last two authors contributed equally to the paper.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/6/1
Y1 - 2022/6/1
N2 - Monitoring ecosystem processes resulting in ecosystem services (ESs) and disservices (EDs) is crucial in agricultural ecosystems. Traditionally, ESs/EDs provided by arthropods have been estimated indirectly by measuring arthropod abundance and diversity, overlooking the recognised limitations of such approach. Using a consistent methodology based on the sentinel approach, we quantified the intensity of five ecological processes leading to four ESs and two EDs in vineyards and citrus orchards on Terceira Island, Azores. We assessed herbivory rates on lettuce plants (ED), predation rates on green plasticine caterpillars by vertebrates and invertebrates (ES), the intensity of insect pollination on strawberry plants (ES), the rates of predation on wheat and dandelion seeds (ED and ES, respectively) by rodents and invertebrates, and decomposition rates using tea and rooibos leaves (ES). Herbivory rates after 2 weeks were significantly lower in vineyards (mean ± SD; 0.5 ± 0.6%) than in citrus orchards (3.6 ± 2.9%). Vertebrate predation rates in vineyards (4.0 ± 13.6% d-1) were significantly higher than in citrus orchards (2.4 ± 10.7% d-1), while no differences were observed for overall and invertebrate predation rates. Pollination efficiency in vineyards (214.5 ± 23.9 seeds/fruit) was significantly higher than in citrus orchards (162.0 ± 14.7 seeds/fruit). Seed predation rates were higher, although not significantly so, in citrus orchards (2.0 ± 5.8% d-1) than in vineyards (0.3 ± 0.8% d-1). Decomposition was significantly higher on tea than on rooibos leaves, both in vineyards (1.15 ± 0.11 g vs. 0.72 ± 0.16 g) and citrus orchards (1.34 ± 0.06 g vs. 0.78 ± 0.13 g); no differences between mass loss in the two habitats were observed. Our results demonstrated the suitability of simple, direct monitoring tools for a quantitative comparison of agricultural habitats, confirm that landscape complexity does not always support ESs, and that the same agro-ecosystem characteristics that support ESs could occasionally also favour EDs.
AB - Monitoring ecosystem processes resulting in ecosystem services (ESs) and disservices (EDs) is crucial in agricultural ecosystems. Traditionally, ESs/EDs provided by arthropods have been estimated indirectly by measuring arthropod abundance and diversity, overlooking the recognised limitations of such approach. Using a consistent methodology based on the sentinel approach, we quantified the intensity of five ecological processes leading to four ESs and two EDs in vineyards and citrus orchards on Terceira Island, Azores. We assessed herbivory rates on lettuce plants (ED), predation rates on green plasticine caterpillars by vertebrates and invertebrates (ES), the intensity of insect pollination on strawberry plants (ES), the rates of predation on wheat and dandelion seeds (ED and ES, respectively) by rodents and invertebrates, and decomposition rates using tea and rooibos leaves (ES). Herbivory rates after 2 weeks were significantly lower in vineyards (mean ± SD; 0.5 ± 0.6%) than in citrus orchards (3.6 ± 2.9%). Vertebrate predation rates in vineyards (4.0 ± 13.6% d-1) were significantly higher than in citrus orchards (2.4 ± 10.7% d-1), while no differences were observed for overall and invertebrate predation rates. Pollination efficiency in vineyards (214.5 ± 23.9 seeds/fruit) was significantly higher than in citrus orchards (162.0 ± 14.7 seeds/fruit). Seed predation rates were higher, although not significantly so, in citrus orchards (2.0 ± 5.8% d-1) than in vineyards (0.3 ± 0.8% d-1). Decomposition was significantly higher on tea than on rooibos leaves, both in vineyards (1.15 ± 0.11 g vs. 0.72 ± 0.16 g) and citrus orchards (1.34 ± 0.06 g vs. 0.78 ± 0.13 g); no differences between mass loss in the two habitats were observed. Our results demonstrated the suitability of simple, direct monitoring tools for a quantitative comparison of agricultural habitats, confirm that landscape complexity does not always support ESs, and that the same agro-ecosystem characteristics that support ESs could occasionally also favour EDs.
KW - Decomposition
KW - Ecosystem function
KW - Herbivory
KW - Pollination
KW - Predation
KW - Seed dispersal
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U2 - 10.1016/j.agee.2022.107909
DO - 10.1016/j.agee.2022.107909
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124505376
VL - 330
JO - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
JF - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
SN - 0167-8809
M1 - 107909
ER -