| Title: | "Climate-induced phenological shift of apple trees has diverse effects on pollinators, herbivores and natural enemies" |
| Author(s): | Korosi A; Marko V; Kovacs-Hostyanszki A; Somay L; Varga A; Elek Z; Boreux V; Klein AM; Foldesi R; Baldi A; |
| Address: | "MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary. Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany. Department of Entomology, Szent Istvan University, Budapest, Hungary. Institute of Ecology and Botany, Lendulet Ecosystem Services Research Group, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Vacratot, Hungary. Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. Agroecology and Organic Farming, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2167-8359 (Print) 2167-8359 (Electronic) 2167-8359 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Climate change is altering the phenology of trophically linked organisms, leading to increased asynchrony between species with unknown consequences for ecosystem services. Although phenological mismatches are reported from several ecosystems, experimental evidence for altering multiple ecosystem services is hardly available. We examined how the phenological shift of apple trees affected the abundance and diversity of pollinators, generalist and specialist herbivores and predatory arthropods. We stored potted apple trees in the greenhouse or cold store in early spring before transferring them into orchards to cause mismatches and sampled arthropods on the trees repeatedly. Assemblages of pollinators on the manipulated and control trees differed markedly, but their overall abundance was similar indicating a potential insurance effect of wild bee diversity to ensure fruit set in flower-pollinator mismatch conditions. Specialized herbivores were almost absent from manipulated trees, while less-specialized ones showed diverse responses, confirming the expectation that more specialized interactions are more vulnerable to phenological mismatch. Natural enemies also responded to shifted apple tree phenology and the abundance of their prey. While arthropod abundances either declined or increased, species diversity tended to be lower on apple trees with shifted phenology. Our study indicates novel results on the role of biodiversity and specialization in plant-insect mismatch situations" |
| Keywords: | Agro-ecosystems Apple orchards Climate change Ecosystem services Pest control Phenological mismatch Pollination Trophic interactions; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEKorosi, Adam Marko, Viktor Kovacs-Hostyanszki, Aniko Somay, Laszlo Varga, Akos Elek, Zoltan Boreux, Virginie Klein, Alexandra-Maria Foldesi, Rita Baldi, Andras eng 2018/08/02 PeerJ. 2018 Jul 26; 6:e5269. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5269. eCollection 2018" |
