Canopy arthropod declines along a gradient of olive farming intensification.

ABSTRACT: Arthropod declines have been linked to agricultural intensification. However, information about the impacts of intensification is still limited for many crops, as is our understanding of the responses of different arthropod taxa and trophic groups, thus hindering the development of effective mitigation measures. We investigated the impacts of olive farming intensification on canopy-dwelling arthropods in the Mediterranean region. Intensification involves the increased use of agrochemicals, mechanisation and irrigation, but also structural changes from traditional orchards with low densities of large and old trees, to intensive and superintensive orchards with high to very high densities of smaller and younger trees, respectively. Canopy arthropods were vacuum-sampled at 53 sites representi

SUBMITTER: Vasconcelos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9568540 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature