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Duval, Franck

Université de Rennes

Current S-Index

2.0

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Average Dataset Index per Dataset

2.0

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Total Datasets

1

Total datasets for this author

Average FAIR Score

69.2%

Average FAIR Score per dataset

Total Citations

1

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Total Mentions

0

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Datasets

Third and fourth trophic level composition shift in an aphid-parasitoid-hyperparasitoid food web limits aphid control in an intercropping system (Version: 3)

  1. Understanding how resource diversification affects ecological interactions, food web structure and ecosystem functioning is essential in both fundamental and applied ecology. While plant diversification strategies (either in- or around-field) are often proposed in agricultural landscapes as practices to improve the biological control of herbivores by natural enemies, results remain variable and unsure. 2. Here, we studied the effect of an in-field diversification practice (the intercropping of leguminous crops within cereal fields, an increasingly common practice but with inconsistent results on biological control) on cereal aphid control and the structure of a cereal-aphid-parasitoid-hyperparasitoid food web for two years. 3. We report that aphid control was not increased in mixed fields, nor was cereal parasitoid diversity and food web complexity. Nevertheless, the provision of alternative hosts in mixed fields led to a functional community composition shift, favouring generalist parasitoid species over specialist ones. 4. Moreover, we observed a higher hyperparasitism rate in mixed fields, suggesting that secondary parasitoids were favoured by alternative resources, which may have disrupted aphid control by primary parasitoids. 5. Synthesis and applications. This study demonstrates that parasitoid community composition shift and increased top-down control by the fourth trophic level can impact parasitoid efficiency to control herbivores. These results highlight the necessity to study fine-scale mechanisms within food webs to be able to set-up efficient methods to support biodiversity and associated ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes.

Authors

  • Jeavons, Emma ;
  • van Baaren, Joan ;
  • Le Ralec, Anne ;
  • Buchard, Christelle ;
  • Duval, Franck ;
  • Llopis, Stéphanie ;
  • Postic, Estelle ;
  • Le Lann, Cécile
1 Citation0 Mentions69% FAIR2.0 Dataset Index
10.5061/dryad.d51c5b049October 2021