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Intra-annual variation and landscape composition interactively affect aphid community composition
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Claflin, SB and Hernandez, N and Groves, R and Thaler, JS and Power, AG, Intra-annual variation and landscape composition interactively affect aphid community composition, Ecosphere, 10, (5) Article e02710. ISSN 2150-8925 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Agricultural intensification impacts local arthropod communities. The temporal and spatial
variation of agricultural environments can have a significant impact on insect pest populations, yet little
work has been done to date on the effect of intra-annual variation (within season) or spatiotemporal effects
on arthropod functional community composition. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effects of
intra-annual variation and landscape composition on the aphid community. To that end, we investigated the
following research question: How do intra-annual variation and landscape composition affect aphid abun-
dance, species richness, and functional community composition? In this study, we quantified landscape com-
position as percent cropland, intra-annual variation as sampling week measured throughout the growing
season, and aphid functional community composition as crop virus transmission—or vectoring—ability. We
collected data in two agricultural regions: a diversified agricultural region in New York State (NY) and an
agriculturally intense potato-growing region in Wisconsin (WI). We found that the interactive effect of land-
scape composition and intra-annual variation significantly affected aphid abundance and species richness in
both study regions, and functional community composition in NY. These results indicate that spatiotempo-
ral shifts in agroecosystems have significant implications for aphid functional community composition.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | agroecology, insect-vectored pathogen, landscape epidemiology, vector ecology |
| Research Division: | Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
| Research Group: | Crop and Pasture Production |
| Research Field: | Agro-ecosystem Function and Prediction |
| Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
| Objective Group: | Measurement Standards and Calibration Services |
| Objective Field: | Agricultural and Environmental Standards |
| UTAS Author: | Claflin, SB (Ms Suzi Claflin) |
| ID Code: | 133103 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2019-06-11 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-07-23 |
| Downloads: | 1 View Download Statistics |
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