Management-dependent effects of pollinator functional diversity on apple pollination services : A response–effect trait approach
(2021) In Journal of Applied Ecology 58(12). p.2843-2853- Abstract
Functional traits mediate the response of communities to disturbances (response traits) and their contribution to ecosystem functions (effect traits). To predict how anthropogenic disturbances influence ecosystem services requires a dual approach including both trait concepts. Here, we used a response–effect trait conceptual framework to understand how local and landscape features affect pollinator functional diversity and pollination services in apple orchards. We worked in 110 apple orchards across four European regions. Orchards differed in management practices. Low-intensity (LI) orchards were certified organic or followed close-to-organic practices. High-intensity (HI) orchards followed integrated pest management practices. Within... (More)
Functional traits mediate the response of communities to disturbances (response traits) and their contribution to ecosystem functions (effect traits). To predict how anthropogenic disturbances influence ecosystem services requires a dual approach including both trait concepts. Here, we used a response–effect trait conceptual framework to understand how local and landscape features affect pollinator functional diversity and pollination services in apple orchards. We worked in 110 apple orchards across four European regions. Orchards differed in management practices. Low-intensity (LI) orchards were certified organic or followed close-to-organic practices. High-intensity (HI) orchards followed integrated pest management practices. Within each management type, orchards encompassed a range of local (flower diversity, agri-environmental structures) and landscape features (orchard and pollinator-friendly habitat cover). We measured pollinator visitation rates and calculated trait composition metrics based on 10 pollinator traits. We used initial fruit set as a measure of pollination service. Some pollinator traits (body size and hairiness) were negatively related to orchard cover and positively affected by pollinator-friendly habitat cover. Bee functional diversity was lower in HI orchards and decreased with increased landscape orchard cover. Pollination service was not associated with any particular trait but increased with pollinator trait diversity in LI orchards. As a result, LI orchards with high pollinator trait diversity reached levels of pollination service similar to those of HI orchards. Synthesis and applications. Pollinator functional diversity enables pollinator communities to respond to agricultural intensification and to increase pollination function. Our results show that efforts to promote biodiversity provide greater returns in low-intensity than in high-intensity orchards. The fact that low-intensity orchards with high pollinator functional diversity reach levels of pollination services similar to those of high-intensity orchards provides a compelling argument for the conversion of high-intensity into low-intensity farms.
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- agri-environmental structures, agricultural intensification, integrated pest management, organic management, response–effect trait framework, trait diversity, trait identity
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- Journal of Applied Ecology
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- 58
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- 12
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- 2843 - 2853
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- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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- 0021-8901
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- 10.1111/1365-2664.14022
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- English
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- Funding Information: We thank all producers for permission to work in their orchards and several fruit associations (ADV‐Ponent, ADV‐Fluvià, ACTEL, KOB Bavendorf, FÖKO e.V. Äppelriket in Kivik) for their advice and assistance. We are very grateful to I. Fraile, S. Muntada and several students for their invaluable help. This research (EcoFruit project) was funded through the 2013–2014 BiodivERsA/FACCE‐JPI joint call (2014‐74), Spanish MinECo (PCIN‐2014‐145‐C02), German BMBF (PT‐DLR/BMBF, 01LC1403) and Swedish Research Council Formas (2014‐1784) by Formas (2013‐934 to M.T.), Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning (H1256150 to M.P.), INIA (RTA2013‐00039‐C03‐00 to G.A. and M.M.), MinECo/FEDER (CGL2015‐68963‐C2‐2‐R to D.G.), FI‐AGAUR (to L.R.‐B.) and MinECo (RYC‐2015‐18448 to X.A.). The use of IACS (Sweden) was developed within projects SAPES and MULTAGRI and adapted by M. Stjernman and P. Olsson. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Applied Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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author = {{Roquer-Beni, Laura and Alins, Georgina and Arnan, Xavier and Boreux, Virginie and García, Daniel and Hambäck, Peter A. and Happe, Anne Kathrin and Klein, Alexandra Maria and Miñarro, Marcos and Mody, Karsten and Porcel, Mario and Rodrigo, Anselm and Samnegård, Ulrika and Tasin, Marco and Bosch, Jordi}},
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title = {{Management-dependent effects of pollinator functional diversity on apple pollination services : A response–effect trait approach}},
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