Distance functions of carabids in crop fields depend on functional traits, crop type and adjacent habitat: a synthesis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F24%3A98190" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/24:98190 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2383" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2383</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2383" target="_blank" >10.1098/rspb.2023.2383</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Distance functions of carabids in crop fields depend on functional traits, crop type and adjacent habitat: a synthesis
Original language description
Natural pest and weed regulation are essential for agricultural production, but the spatial distribution of natural enemies within crop fields and its drivers are mostly unknown. Using 28 datasets comprising 1204 study sites across eight Western and Central European countries, we performed a quantitative synthesis of carabid richness, activity densities and functional traits in relation to field edges (i.e. distance functions). We show that distance functions of carabids strongly depend on carabid functional traits, crop type and, to a lesser extent, adjacent non-crop habitats. Richness of both carnivores and granivores, and activity densities of small and granivorous species decreased towards field interiors, whereas the densities of large species increased. We found strong distance decays in maize and vegetables whereas richness and densities remained more stable in cereals, oilseed crops and legumes. We conclude that carabid assemblages in agricultural landscapes are driven by the complex interplay of crop types, adjacent non-crop habitats and further landscape parameters with great potential for targeted agroecological management. In particular, our synthesis indicates that a higher edge-interior ratio can counter the distance decay of carabid richness per field and thus likely benefits natural pest and weed regulation, hence contributing to agricultural sustainability.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40101 - Agriculture
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/SS02030018" target="_blank" >SS02030018: Center for Landscape and Biodiversity</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN
0962-8452
e-ISSN
0962-8452
Volume of the periodical
291
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2024
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
1-10
UT code for WoS article
001139003900010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85182088754