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

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dc.contributor.authorHerrera, José M.
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorJiménez-Navarro, Gerardo
dc.contributor.authorBarreiro, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorMelguizo-Ruiz, Nereida
dc.contributor.authorMoreira, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorVasconcelos, Sasha
dc.contributor.authorMorgado, Rui
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Perez, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-24T10:45:33Z
dc.date.available2022-01-24T10:45:33Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPest 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 extentspt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationScientific Reports (2021) 11:23662pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02768-0pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/23222
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherNaturept_PT
dc.relationPTDC/ BIA-CBI/1365/2020pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectbirdspt_PT
dc.subjectbatspt_PT
dc.subjectbiocontrolpt_PT
dc.subjectlandscapept_PT
dc.titleA food web approach reveals the vulnerability of biocontrol services by birds and bats to landscape modification at regional scalept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleScientific Reportspt_PT
oaire.fundingStream9471 - RIDTI
person.familyNameMoreira
person.givenNameFrancisco
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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