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
Journal of Ecology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 14, 2025
Abstract
Anthropogenic
habitat
fragmentation
has
become
the
main
threat
to
terrestrial
ecosystems
worldwide.
However,
impacts
of
at
different
spatial
scales
on
biodiversity
and
ecosystem
functions
remain
uncertain.
Based
130
fragmented
grassland
landscapes
in
agro‐pastoral
ecotone
northern
China,
we
investigated
hierarchical
effects
landscape
patch
plant,
soil
bacteria
fungi
diversity
multifunctionality
local
sample
sites.
We
found
that
increased
inter‐patch
distance
within
had
strongest
negative
effect
plant
richness.
Decreased
amount
richness,
richness
80%
threshold
multifunctionality.
area
isolation
30%
50%
multifunctionality,
respectively.
Importantly,
patch‐scale
mediated
landscape‐scale
Additionally,
no
significant
Synthesis
.
Our
study
highlights
both
decline
with
a
structure.
Biodiversity
poorly
predicts
landscape.
Land,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(11), P. 1746 - 1746
Published: Oct. 24, 2024
Agroecosystem
function
is
related
to
the
positioning
of
agroecosystem
and
its
connectivity
relationship
with
surrounding
landscape.
Herein,
three
methodologies
are
presented,
which
allow
assessment
links
between
agroecosystems
matrix,
yielding
information
for
promoting
patterns
mechanisms
that
foster
biodiversity
provision
multiple
ecosystem
services
such
as
biological
pest
control,
well
energy
flows
material
exchanges.
The
complementary
when
assessing
agrolandscape-level
interactions
in
situations
regional
agroecological
transition.
Through
use
11
indicators,
a
methodology
(Assessment
Beneficial
Insect
Habitat
Suitability-ABIHS)
was
applied
two
northern
California
vineyards
determine
whether
each
agrolandscape
provided
suitable
environmental
opportunities
sponsor
insect
control.
Main
Agroecological
Structure
[MAS]
Chilean
family
farms
elucidates
some
relationships
their
biophysical
environment,
generating
data
analyze
landscapes,
management
practices,
diversity
farms.
Social
Agrarian
metabolism
(SAM)
Spanish
agrolandscapes
quantifies
agricultural
systems,
testing
capable
reproducing
and/or
improving
fund
elements
soil,
biodiversity,
landscape
vegetation
successive
production
cycles.
provide
key
design
sustainable
context
an
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
