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Life, Earth & Environment Seminar Series When: Thursday 16 th Feb, 11 – 12 pm Where: Natural Resources Building, Lecture Theatre 1 (EM1) Contact: Dr Phil Bell: [email protected] Dr Clare Stawski: [email protected] Biography Rodrigo is a PhD student in the north of Spain (Oviedo University and SERIDA). After working in the Socio-Ecological lab (Autonomous University of Madrid) with ecosystem service delivery to participatory stakeholders, he has continued studying ecosystem services in a more applied way. He is trying to develop suggestions of management for pollination and pest control ecosystem services that encourage a balance between biodiversity and agricultural productivity in North-west Spain (Asturias) cider-apple orchards. Animal-driven ecosystem services in cider-apple orchards in North-west Spain (Asturias): biodiversity factors and effects Rodrigo Martínez-Sastre Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA) de Asturias Apple fruit crops depend on pollination and pest control services provided by different animals sharing a common landscape. We studied the environmental (i.e. landscape) correlates and the functional role of biodiversity (abundance and richness) of pollinating insects and insectivorous birds in 26 cider-apple orchards in NW Spain. Pollinator richness and abundance increased along a gradient of availability of seminatural habitat around orchards, whereas bird biodiversity was more affected by farm managements. Wild bee abundance, but not richness, affected positively pollination success (seed set), whereas both bird abundance and bird richness promoted insectivory rates. Our study provides evidence that there is not a single pattern for the biodiversity-ecosystem service links. This is because many different animal groups are involved in providing local ecosystem services, such as crop production.

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Page 1: Animal-driven ecosystem services in cider-apple orchards in North … · Rodrigo Martínez-Sastre Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA) de Asturias

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.