Journal of Applied Ecology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 25, 2025
Abstract
Promoting
natural
pest
control
services
through
enemies
in
agricultural
landscapes
offers
a
sustainable
perspective
for
management.
Several
management
options
across
spatio‐temporal
scales
enhance
control.
However,
most
studies
examining
how
respond
to
environmental
changes
focused
on
the
magnitude
of
space
and
often
neglect
its
temporal
stability.
Consequently,
we
lack
information
ecological
drivers
influencing
interannual
stability
control,
which
is
especially
important
perennial
cropping
systems
threatened
by
multiple
pests.
Here,
used
landscape‐scale
experiment
southwest
France
investigate
local
landscape
context
affect
mean
level
Our
design
included
paired
vineyards
20
selected
along
two
orthogonal
gradients:
organic
farming
proportion
semi‐natural
habitat
landscape.
We
evaluated
annually
using
eggs
grape
moth
Lobesia
botrana
from
2018
2022
(excluding
2020).
predicted
that
low‐intensity
farming,
with
reduced
pesticide
application
soil
disturbance,
would
predation
rates
benefiting
enemy
communities.
Finally,
expected
more
complex
landscapes,
both
terms
composition
configuration,
benefit
activities
lead
higher
levels
analyses
revealed
daily
decreased
use
was
lower
less
associated
larger
patch
sizes.
practices
did
not
rate
over
time.
Synthesis
applications
.
results
suggest
can
be
improved
reducing
intensive
at
field
scale
promoting
greater
heterogeneity,
example,
size.
These
findings
highlight
potential
ecosystem
limit
use,
thereby
supporting
systems.
our
indicate
these
strategies
may
necessarily
contribute
years.
This
suggests
complementary
approaches,
such
as
fostering
specific
functional
groups,
might
needed
ensure
consistent
service
Trends in Ecology & Evolution,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
39(8), P. 726 - 733
Published: May 4, 2024
The
continuing
biodiversity
losses
through
agricultural
expansion
and
intensification
are
dramatic.
We
argue
that
a
mix
of
on-
off-field
measures
is
needed,
overcoming
the
false
dichotomy
land
sharing-sparing
debate.
Protected
essential
for
global
biodiversity,
while
spillover
between
farmed
natural
key
to
reducing
species
extinctions.
This
particularly
effective
in
landscapes
with
small
diversified
fields.
Focusing
only
on
protected
fails
conserve
wealth
species,
which
often
provide
major
ecosystem
services
such
as
pest
control,
pollination,
cultural
benefits.
On-field
must
minimise
yield
prevent
increased
demand
food
imports
from
biodiversity-rich
regions,
requiring
enforcement
high
social–ecological
land-use
standards
ensure
good
life
all.
Landscape Ecology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
40(1)
Published: Jan. 11, 2025
Abstract
Context
Intensive
agriculture
drives
insect
decline
impacting
insect-mediated
ecosystem
services
that
support
production.
Crop
diversification
shows
promise
in
increasing
crop
productivity
and
enhancing
services,
however,
the
impact
on
biodiversity
conservation,
particularly
of
pollinators,
is
unclear.
Objectives
Here,
we
synthesize
mechanisms
current
evidence
base
how
spatial
temporal
diversity
crops
within
across
agricultural
fields
can
benefit
pollinator
biodiversity.
Methods
We
focus
research
highly
intensified
regions,
Western
Europe
North
America,
from
which
know
a
lot
about
decline,
but
use
inspiration
tropical
regions.
Results
find
higher
diversity,
with
sequentially
flowering
cultivars,
intercropping
practices,
larger
coverage
crops,
for
example
through
integrating
cultivation
forgotten,
novel,
woody
increases
flower
resource
availability
throughout
active
flight
period
pollinators.
All
practices
increase
landscape
heterogeneity,
further
enhanced
by
decreasing
field
sizes.
As
result,
functional
connectivity
increases,
improves
accessibility
foraging
ranges
Conclusions
Our
review
highlights
potential
various
measures
supporting
pollinating
insects
without
taking
land
out
production,
as
well
limitations,
including
only
subset
species
may
benefit.
Empirical
suggest
could
landscape-wide
studies
are
needed
to
properly
evaluate
true
conservation
part
solution
bending
curve
decline.
