Effect of terraces on soil dwelling arthropod diversity in soybean production
Keywords:
biodiversity, predators, species richness, erosion control, agroecosystems, no- tillage, no-tillageAbstract
The loss of biodiversity in agroecosystems constitutes a main issue in ecological research. Steep backslope terraces, used for soil erosion control, could act as refuges for arthropods in agricultural landscapes. Total and predator arthropod species richness and abundance were surveyed in soybean fields in Entre Ríos under a no-till system with and without terraces using pit-fall traps. For the total crop period, total species richness was significantly higher at the margins than in the crop, but not for predator species. Abundance was higher in margins than in crops only when total individuals were considered. Predators were more abundant in margins only at the beginning and the end of the crop cycle, although, in fields with terraces abundance and richness were never higher than in fields without terraces for both total species and predators. Field with terraces did not increase the abundance but increased the species numbers, both total and predators, showing that habitat heterogeneity introduced by terraces favors arthropod diversity at the field scale.
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CHAPIN III, FS; ES ZABALETA; VT EVINER; RL NAYLOR; PM VITOUSEK ET AL. 2000. Consequences of changing biodiversity. Nature 405:234-242.
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LEE, JC; FD MENALLED & DA LANDIS. 2001. Refuge habitats modify impact of insecticide disturbance on carabid beetle communities. J. Appl. Ecol. 38:472-483.
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LÖVEI, GL & KD SUNDERLAND. 1996. Ecology and behavior of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Annu. Rev. Entomol. 41:231-256.
MAC NALLY, R & E FLEISHMAN. 2004. A successful predictive model of species richness based on indicator species. Conserv. Biol. 18:646-654.
MARASAS, ME; SJ SARANDÓN & AC CICCHINO. 2001. Changes in arthropod functional group in a wheat crop under conventional and no tillage systems in Argentina. Appl. Soil Ecol. 18:61-68.
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MASSARO, RA; A MAI; G ROSSI & G PRIETO. 1992. Evolucion de poblaciones de insectos fitofagos en soja con sistemas de labranza minima y siembra directa en el sur de Santa Fe. Ciclo 1991/92. VIII Jornadas Fitosanitarias Argentinas, Paraná.
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OLIVER, I & AJ BEATTIE. 1996. Designing a cost- effective invertebrate survey: a test of methods for rapid assessment of biodiversity. Ecol. Appl. 6:594-607.
PEARCE, JL & LA VENIER. 2006. The use of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spiders (Araneae) as bioindicators of sustainable forest management: A review. Ecological Indicators 6:780-793.
PERNER, J; C WYTRYKUSH; A KAHMEN; N BUCHMANN; I EGERER ET AL. 2005. Effects of plant diversity, plant productivity and habitat parameters on arthropod abundance in montane European grasslands. Ecography 28:429-442.
PIMENTEL, D; C WILSON; C MCCULLUM; R HUANG; P DWEN ET AL. 1997. Economic and environmental benefits of biodiversity. Bioscience 47:747-757.
SALUSO, A. 2004. Determinación del Nivel de Daño Económico y plan de decisión secuencial para el manejo de Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804) (Crustacea: Isopoda) en soja. Tesis de Magister, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, 75 pp.
SOKAL, RR & FJ ROHLF. 1995. Biometry. The principles and practice of statistics in biological research. Freeman & Company, New York, 887 pp.
SOUSA, JP; JV VINGADA; S LOUREIRO; MM DA GAMA & AMVM SOARES. 1998. Effects of introduced exotic tree species on growth, consumption and assimilation rates of the soil detritivore Porcellio dilatatus (Crustacea: Isopoda). Appl. Soil. Ecol. 9:399-403.
SWIFT, MJ; AMN IZAC & M VAN NOORDWIJK. 2004. Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes - are we asking the right questions? Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 104:113-134.
THOMAS, CFG; JM HOLLAND & NJ BROWN. 2002. The spatial distribution of carabid beetles in agricultural landscapes. Pp 305-344 en: Holland, JM (ed.). The agroecology of carabid beetles. Intercept, Andover, U.K.
THOMAS, CFG & EJP MARSHALL. 1999. Arthropod abundance and diversity in differently vegetated margins of arable fields. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 72:131-144.
VARCHOLA, JM & JP DUNN. 1999. Changes in ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in farming systems bordered by complex or simple roadside vegetation. Agric. Ecoyst. Environ. 73:41-49.
ZACCAGNINI, ME & NC CALAMARI. 2001. Labranzas conservacionistas, siembra directa y biodiversidad. Pp. 29-68 en: Panigatti, JL; D Buschiazzo & H Marelli (eds.). Siembra Directa II. INTA, Buenos Aires.
ZACCAGNINI, ME; J DECARRE; A GOIJMAN; L SOLARI; R SUÁREZ ET AL. 2007. Efecto de la heterogeneidad ambiental de terrazas y bordes vegetados sobre la biodiversidad animal en campos de soja en Entre Ríos. Pp. 232 en: Caviglia, OP; OF Paparotti & MC Sasal (eds.). Agricultura Sustentable en Entre Ríos. Ediciones INTA. Buenos Aires.
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Weyland, F., & Zaccagnini, M. E. (2008). Effect of terraces on soil dwelling arthropod diversity in soybean production. Ecología Austral, 18(3), 357–366. Retrieved from https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/1382
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