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Evaluating the effects of integrating trees into temperate arable systems on pest control and pollination

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  • Staton, Tom
  • Walters, Richard J.
  • Smith, Jo
  • Girling, Robbie D.

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Agroforestry systems, which incorporate trees into agricultural land, could contribute to sustainable agricultural intensification as they have been shown to increase land productivity, biodiversity and some regulating ecosystem services. However, the effect of temperate agroforestry systems on pest control and pollination services has not been comprehensively reviewed, despite the importance of these services for sustainable intensification. We review and analyse the available evidence for silvoarable agroforestry systems, following which we propose a predictive framework for future research to explain the observed variation in results, based on ecological theory and evidence from analogous systems. Of the 12 studies included in our meta-analysis of natural enemies and pests, the observed increases in natural enemy abundance (+24%) and decreases in arthropod herbivore/pest abundance (−25%) in silvoarable systems were both significant, but molluscan pests were more abundant in silvoarable systems in the two available studies. Only three studies reported effects on pollinators, but all found higher abundance in silvoarable compared with arable systems. Measures of pest control or pollination service are scarce, but suggest stronger effect sizes. Our framework seeks to establish hypotheses for future research through an interpretation of our findings in the context of the wider literature, including landscape characteristics, silvoarable system design and management, system maturity, trophic interactions and experimental design. The findings of this study suggest that silvoarable systems can contribute to sustainable intensification by enhancing beneficial invertebrates and suppressing arthropod pests compared with arable, but future research should include measures of pest control and pollination and implications for productivity and economic value.

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  • Staton, Tom & Walters, Richard J. & Smith, Jo & Girling, Robbie D., 2019. "Evaluating the effects of integrating trees into temperate arable systems on pest control and pollination," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:176:y:2019:i:c:s0308521x19302008
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102676
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    5. Staton, Tom & Breeze, Tom D. & Walters, Richard J. & Smith, Jo & Girling, Robbie D., 2022. "Productivity, biodiversity trade-offs, and farm income in an agroforestry versus an arable system," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).

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