Impacts of agricultural intensification and abandonment on plant and pollinator diversity, their mutualistic networks, and pollination services

IF 6 1区 农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Pub Date : 2024-12-20 DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2024.109437
Gaku S. Hirayama , Masayuki Tomita, Atushi Ushimaru
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Abstract

Land intensification and abandonment are major threats to biodiversity declines in agricultural landscapes. Biodiversity declines lead to degradation of ecosystem services by altering species interaction networks. However, we still know little about the ecological processes how biodiversity declines affect ecosystem services via species interaction networks in changing agricultural landscapes. Here, we investigated 19 meadows around paddy terraces with different land-use types (traditional, intensified, and abandoned terraces). We compared plant and pollinator diversity, network structure of plant-pollinator interactions, and pollination success of native and exotic plants between traditional and intensified and abandoned meadows. In the analyses, we divided plants and pollinators into life history and origin groups (native perennial, native annual, and exotic plants) and taxonomic groups (bees, syrphid and other flies, and butterflies), respectively. Intensified meadows had significantly lower native and higher exotic plant diversity than traditional meadows, whereas abandoned meadows had much lower native plant diversity. Pollinator diversity, particularly those of bees and syrphids, were significantly lower in intensified meadows, and those of all taxonomic groups were much lower in abandoned meadows. Significantly lower pollination services were observed for native perennials via network generalization, while higher services for exotic plants were found in both intensified and abandoned meadows, compared to traditional meadows. Moreover, the type of generalization varied between intensified and abandoned networks, likely due to the differences in mechanisms of diversity loss between them. Overall, our findings suggest that both land intensification and abandonment lead to the degradation of native pollination services, despite being distinct mechanisms. We recommend re-introduction of traditional extensive managements and removal of exotic plants in intensified and abandoned meadows to restore native paddy biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 环境科学-环境科学
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期刊介绍: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment publishes scientific articles dealing with the interface between agroecosystems and the natural environment, specifically how agriculture influences the environment and how changes in that environment impact agroecosystems. Preference is given to papers from experimental and observational research at the field, system or landscape level, from studies that enhance our understanding of processes using data-based biophysical modelling, and papers that bridge scientific disciplines and integrate knowledge. All papers should be placed in an international or wide comparative context.
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