Animal-driven ecosystem services in cider-apple orchards in North … · Rodrigo Martínez-Sastre...
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Life, Earth & Environment Seminar Series
When:Thursday16th Feb,11– 12pmWhere:NaturalResourcesBuilding,LectureTheatre1(EM1)
Contact:Dr PhilBell:[email protected] ClareStawski:[email protected]
BiographyRodrigoisaPhDstudentinthenorthofSpain(OviedoUniversityandSERIDA).AfterworkingintheSocio-Ecologicallab(AutonomousUniversityofMadrid)withecosystemservicedeliverytoparticipatorystakeholders,hehascontinuedstudyingecosystemservicesinamoreappliedway.HeistryingtodevelopsuggestionsofmanagementforpollinationandpestcontrolecosystemservicesthatencourageabalancebetweenbiodiversityandagriculturalproductivityinNorth-westSpain(Asturias)cider-appleorchards.
Animal-drivenecosystemservicesincider-appleorchardsinNorth-westSpain(Asturias):biodiversityfactorsandeffects
RodrigoMartínez-SastreServicioRegionaldeInvestigaciónyDesarrolloAgroalimentario(SERIDA)deAsturias
Applefruitcropsdependonpollinationandpestcontrolservicesprovidedbydifferentanimalssharingacommonlandscape.Westudiedtheenvironmental(i.e.landscape)correlatesandthefunctionalroleofbiodiversity(abundanceandrichness)ofpollinatinginsectsandinsectivorousbirdsin26cider-appleorchardsinNWSpain.Pollinatorrichnessandabundanceincreasedalongagradientofavailabilityofseminatural habitataroundorchards,whereasbirdbiodiversitywasmoreaffectedbyfarmmanagements.Wildbeeabundance,butnotrichness,affectedpositivelypollinationsuccess(seedset),whereasbothbirdabundanceandbirdrichnesspromotedinsectivory rates.Ourstudyprovidesevidencethatthereisnotasinglepatternforthebiodiversity-ecosystemservicelinks.Thisisbecausemanydifferentanimalgroupsareinvolvedinprovidinglocalecosystemservices,suchascropproduction.