Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves

Agricultural intensification is one of the major drivers behind biodiversity loss in Mediterranean agroecosystems. The intensification of olive groves as monoculture in large areas of the southern Spain has had important effects on biodiversity and ecological processes. In the present study, we expl...

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Autores: Hevia Martín, Violeta, Ortega, Jorge, Martín Azcarate, Francisco, López Santiago, César Agustín, González Novoa, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709933
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/afe.12313
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Palabra clave:biodiversity
functional traits
management intensity
Mediterranean agroecosystems
olive crops
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive grovesHevia Martín, VioletaOrtega, JorgeMartín Azcarate, FranciscoLópez Santiago, César AgustínGonzález Novoa, José Antoniobiodiversityfunctional traitsmanagement intensityMediterranean agroecosystemsolive cropsBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaAgricultural intensification is one of the major drivers behind biodiversity loss in Mediterranean agroecosystems. The intensification of olive groves as monoculture in large areas of the southern Spain has had important effects on biodiversity and ecological processes. In the present study, we explore the olive grove soil management practices effects on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants along a gradient of soil management intensity. We predict that both species richness and functional diversity decrease with an increasing intensification of olive grove soil management. We used pitfall traps to sample ants in 24 olive groves subject to different soil management regimes in southern Spain, and then compared ant species richness and functional diversity (FD). Nonploughed organic farms showed higher species richness. Ploughing was observed to be the soil management practice with the greatest negative effect on ant species richness. Three functional traits significantly responded to soil management intensity, with tibia length and head width showing a higher FD in organic farms and diet showing a lower FD in ploughed farms. The results of the present study highlight the negative effects of olive grove ploughing on ant biodiversity and provide novel evidence of the nonploughing organic farming role with respect to maintaining higher levels of ant functional diversityFinancial support was received from the Spanish Ministryof Economy and Competitiveness (Project CGL2014-53782-P)Royal Entomological Society [Society Publisher]Wiley [Commercial Publisher]Departamento de EcologíaFacultad de Ciencias20192019-02-01research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/709933https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/afe.12313reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7099332026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves
title Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves
spellingShingle Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves
Hevia Martín, Violeta
biodiversity
functional traits
management intensity
Mediterranean agroecosystems
olive crops
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves
title_full Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves
title_fullStr Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves
title_sort Exploring the effect of soil management intensity on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Mediterranean olive groves
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hevia Martín, Violeta
Ortega, Jorge
Martín Azcarate, Francisco
López Santiago, César Agustín
González Novoa, José Antonio
author Hevia Martín, Violeta
author_facet Hevia Martín, Violeta
Ortega, Jorge
Martín Azcarate, Francisco
López Santiago, César Agustín
González Novoa, José Antonio
author_role author
author2 Ortega, Jorge
Martín Azcarate, Francisco
López Santiago, César Agustín
González Novoa, José Antonio
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Ecología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv biodiversity
functional traits
management intensity
Mediterranean agroecosystems
olive crops
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic biodiversity
functional traits
management intensity
Mediterranean agroecosystems
olive crops
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Agricultural intensification is one of the major drivers behind biodiversity loss in Mediterranean agroecosystems. The intensification of olive groves as monoculture in large areas of the southern Spain has had important effects on biodiversity and ecological processes. In the present study, we explore the olive grove soil management practices effects on taxonomic and functional diversity of ants along a gradient of soil management intensity. We predict that both species richness and functional diversity decrease with an increasing intensification of olive grove soil management. We used pitfall traps to sample ants in 24 olive groves subject to different soil management regimes in southern Spain, and then compared ant species richness and functional diversity (FD). Nonploughed organic farms showed higher species richness. Ploughing was observed to be the soil management practice with the greatest negative effect on ant species richness. Three functional traits significantly responded to soil management intensity, with tibia length and head width showing a higher FD in organic farms and diet showing a lower FD in ploughed farms. The results of the present study highlight the negative effects of olive grove ploughing on ant biodiversity and provide novel evidence of the nonploughing organic farming role with respect to maintaining higher levels of ant functional diversity
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Wiley [Commercial Publisher]
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