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DOI 10.1002/eap.2696
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Titel (primär) Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land-use change
Autor Alexandridis, N.; Marion, G.; Chaplin-Kramer, R.; Dainese, M.; Ekroos, J.; Grab, H.; Jonsson, M.; Karp, D.S.; Meyer, C.; O'Rourke, M.E.; Pontarp, M.; Poveda, K.; Seppelt, R.; Smith, H.G.; Walters, R.J.; Clough, Y.; Martin, E.A.
Quelle Ecological Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
Department CLE
Band/Volume 32
Heft 8
Seite von e2696
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
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Keywords archetype; conservation biological control; crop; ecological model; land-use; landscape; natural enemy; natural pest control; pest; upscale
Abstract Control of crop pests by shifting host plant availability and natural enemy activity at landscape scales has great potential to enhance the sustainability of agriculture. However, mainstreaming natural pest control requires improved understanding of how its benefits can be realized across a variety of agroecological contexts. Empirical studies suggest significant but highly variable responses of natural pest control to land-use change. Current ecological models are either too specific to provide insight across agroecosystems, or too generic to guide management with actionable predictions. We suggest getting the full benefit of available empirical, theoretical and methodological knowledge, by combining trait-mediated understanding from correlative studies with the explicit representation of causal relationships achieved by mechanistic modeling. To link these frameworks, we adapt the concept of archetypes, or context-specific generalizations, from sustainability science. Similar responses of natural pest control to land-use gradients across cases that share key attributes, such as functional traits of focal organisms, indicate general processes that drive system behavior in a context-sensitive manner. Based on such observations of natural pest control, a systematic definition of archetypes can provide the basis for mechanistic models of intermediate generality that cover all major agroecosystems worldwide. Example applications demonstrate the potential for upscaling understanding and improving prediction of natural pest control, based on knowledge transfer and scientific synthesis. A broader application of this mechanistic archetype approach promises to enhance ecology's contribution to natural resource management across diverse regions and social-ecological contexts.
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Alexandridis, N., Marion, G., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Dainese, M., Ekroos, J., Grab, H., Jonsson, M., Karp, D.S., Meyer, C., O'Rourke, M.E., Pontarp, M., Poveda, K., Seppelt, R., Smith, H.G., Walters, R.J., Clough, Y., Martin, E.A. (2022):
Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land-use change
Ecol. Appl. 32 (8), e2696 10.1002/eap.2696