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A food web approach reveals the vulnerability of biocontrol services by birds and bats to landscape modification at regional scale

Pest control services provided by naturally occurring species (the so-called biocontrol services) are widely recognized to provide key incentives for biodiversity conservation. This is particularly relevant for vertebrate-mediated biocontrol services as many vertebrate species are of conservation co...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2021-12, Vol.11 (1), p.23662-23662, Article 23662
Main Authors: Herrera, José M., Silva, Bruno, Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo, Barreiro, Silvia, Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida, Moreira, Francisco, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Morgado, Rui, Rodriguez-Pérez, Javier
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description Pest control services provided by naturally occurring species (the so-called biocontrol services) are widely recognized to provide key incentives for biodiversity conservation. This is particularly relevant for vertebrate-mediated biocontrol services as many vertebrate species are of conservation concern, with most of their decline associated to landscape modification for agricultural purposes. Yet, we still lack rigorous approaches evaluating landscape-level correlates of biocontrol potential by vertebrates over broad spatial extents to better inform land-use and management decisions. We performed a spatially-explicit interaction-based assessment of potential biocontrol services in Portugal, using 1853 pairwise trophic interactions between 78 flying vertebrate species (birds and bats) and 53 insect pests associated to two widespread and economically valuable crops in the Euro-Mediterranean region, olive groves ( Olea europaea subsp. europaea ) and vineyards ( Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera ). The study area was framed using 1004 square cells, each 10 × 10 km in size. Potential biocontrol services were determined at all those 10 × 10 km grid-cells in which each crop was present as the proportion of the realized out of all potential pairwise interactions between vertebrates and pests. Landscape correlates of biocontrol potential were also explored. Our work suggests that both birds and bats can effectively provide biocontrol services in olive groves and vineyards as they prey many insect pest species associated to both crops. Moreover, it demonstrates that these potential services are impacted by landscape-scale features and that this impact is consistent when evaluated over broad spatial extents. Thus, biocontrol potential by vertebrates significantly increases with increasing amount of natural area, while decreases with increasing area devoted to target crops, particularly olive groves. Overall, our study highlights the suitability of our interaction-based approach to perform spatially-explicit assessments of potential biocontrol services by vertebrates at local spatial scales and suggest its utility for integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services in conservation planning over broad spatial extents.
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Animals
Biodiversity
Biological control
Birds
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Chiroptera
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Crops
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Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Flight
Food Chain
Food webs
Humanities and Social Sciences
Insecta
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Land use
Landscape
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Pests
Portugal
Predatory Behavior
Prey
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Species
Trophic relationships
Vertebrates
Vineyards
Wineries & vineyards
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