Leaf litter in fruit orchards in winter is a hot spot for invertebrate predators

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43410/24:43924781

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964424000203?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964424000203?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105458" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105458</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Leaf litter in fruit orchards in winter is a hot spot for invertebrate predators

Original language description

Overwintering of invertebrates in Central Europe drives the population dynamics in the subsequent seasons and have the direct impact on ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation. The objective of this study was to investigate the spatial and temporal distribution of overwintering arthropods in the fallen leaves in three fruit orchards. The autumn and early spring distributions of several arthropod taxa were studied in fallen leaves in apple, pear, and cherry orchards in relation to several environmental variables. In the predefined areas (1 x 1 m) samples of fallen leaves were collected in autumn and spring 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. Data from an area of 168 m2 was used for evaluation. A total of 1281 arthropod individuals were collected. The most abundant were spiders with 787 specimens. Samples also comprised 17 other arthropod species or higher taxonomic categories, 10 of which were considered as beneficial, four as pests, and three were unclassified. Spiders were analysed more precisely due to their dominance and their importance in plant protection as biocontrol agents. We demonstrate for the first time that fallen leaves in fruit orchards offer a suitable overwintering microhabitat for predatory arthropods, which contribute to the biological control of pests, and comprehensively evaluate the overwintering arthropod assemblage in relation to several ecological and environmental variables.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biological Control

ISSN

1049-9644

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

190

Issue of the periodical within the volume

105458

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

105458

UT code for WoS article

001185610700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85185301328