Climate-induced phenological shift of apple trees has diverse effects on pollinators, herbivores and natural enemies.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is altering the phenology of trophically linked organisms, leading to increased asynchrony between species with unknown consequences for ecosystem services. Although phenological mismatches are reported from several ecosystems, experimental evidence for altering multiple ecosystem services is hardly available. We examined how the phenological shift of apple trees affected the abundance and diversity of pollinators, generalist and specialist herbivores and predatory arthropods. We stored potted apple trees in the greenhouse or cold store in early spring before transferring them into orchards to cause mismatches and sampled arthropods on the trees repeatedly. Assemblages of pollinators on the manipulated and control trees differed markedly, but their overall abundance was simi

SUBMITTER: Korosi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064640 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature