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Effect of agricultural landscape pattern on the qualitative food web of epigaeic arthropods in low hilly areas of northern China

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  • Zhang, Yufei
  • Bian, Zhenxing
  • Wang, Shuai
  • Guo, Xiaoyu
  • Zhou, Wei

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Under the macro background of global change and sustainable development, the sustainable and healthy development of agricultural landscapes is crucial for human well-being. Formulating targeted protection measures based on biodiversity conservation is currently a hot topic and challenge. Our study focused on Jianping County, a typical hilly area in northern China, to understand the impact of regional agricultural landscape patterns on qualitative food webs. We calculated food web parameters by constructing predator-pest qualitative food web matrices and compared the differences in food web structure characteristics under different agricultural landscape patterns. By using function regression method, we established landscape indices and food web parameter models. The results showed that the average number and community structure of predatory natural enemies and pests varied across different agricultural landscape patterns, but the common groups were similar. Maintaining a proportion of 30–40 % non-crop habitats is optimal for the stability of qualitative food webs. Different landscape elements have varying regulatory effects on the structure of qualitative food webs, and the food web parameter model can explain these effects more directly. Specifically, the Landscape Shape Index (LSI) is significantly positively correlated with Generality (G), while the Contagion Index (CONTAG) is significantly negatively correlated with vulnerability (V). We propose that in low hilly areas, where non-crop diversity is the primary source of heterogeneity, promoting measures for non-crop habitats through landscape planning will help maintain the richness of epigaeic arthropods and the stability of qualitative food webs. This research is of great significance in promoting ecological control and sustainable development of agroecosystems in low hilly areas.

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  • Zhang, Yufei & Bian, Zhenxing & Wang, Shuai & Guo, Xiaoyu & Zhou, Wei, 2024. "Effect of agricultural landscape pattern on the qualitative food web of epigaeic arthropods in low hilly areas of northern China," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 488(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:488:y:2024:i:c:s0304380023003046
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110574
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