animal-driven ecosystem services in cider-apple orchards in north … · rodrigo martínez-sastre...

Life, Earth & Environment Seminar Series

When:Thursday16th Feb,11– 12pmWhere:NaturalResourcesBuilding,LectureTheatre1(EM1)

Contact:Dr PhilBell:pbell23@une.edu.auDr ClareStawski:cstawsk2@une.edu.au

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.