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Tipo: Artigo
Título: The role of integrating agroforestry and vegetable planting in structuring communities of herbivorous insects and their natural enemies in the Neotropical region
Autor(es): Togni, Pedro Henrique Brum
Harterreiten-Souza, Érica Sevilha
Pires, Carmen Silvia Soares
Sujii, Edison Ryoiti
Abstract: The integration of agroforestry plots with ephemeral crops such as vegetables on the farm scale can probably serve as a refuge and source of beneficial insects. Therefore, agroforestry systems possibly represent an alternative that favors ecosystem services and help growers in the transition process from conventional to agro-ecological agriculture. This study aimed to understand the role of introducing agroforestry systems in structuring insect communities, with consequences for the abundance of herbivore and natural enemies, contributing to farm management and favoring biological control as an ecosystem service. Field surveys showed that agroforestry systems can harbor more species than horticultural crops, independent of the functional group. They also contain a greater diversity of herbivores and an even greater diversity profile of natural enemy communities. Agroforestry systems served as a source of natural enemies that can colonize horticultural crops when herbivores are present. As a consequence, natural enemies can establish a numerical response to herbivore abundance, but their communities are also affected by stochastic factors related to climatic conditions. Thus, agroforestry systems and agro-ecological practices might favor an agriculture based on the maintenance and conservation of ecosystem services.
Palavras-chave: Agroecology
Biological control
Ecological pest management
Ecosystems services
Functional groups
Editor: Agroforestry Systems
Tipo de Acesso: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10457-013-9666-1
http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/22645
Data do documento: 5-Jan-2014
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