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ArticleScientific reports2024

No evidence for competition over floral resources between winter-active parasitoids and pollinators in agroecosystems.

Lucy Alford, Sacha Roudine, Dimitra Valsami, Tiphanie Fontaine-Guenel, Talay Namintraporn, Anaëlle Guedon, Romane Normand, Ludovic Lagneau, Cecile Le Lann, Joan Van Baaren

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Lucy AlfordSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK. lucy.alford@bristol.ac.uk.
Sacha RoudineUniversity of Rennes, CNRS, ECOBIO [(Ecosystems-Biodiversity-Evolution)]-UMR 6553, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Dimitra ValsamiSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK.
Tiphanie Fontaine-GuenelUniversity of Rennes, CNRS, ECOBIO [(Ecosystems-Biodiversity-Evolution)]-UMR 6553, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Talay NamintrapornSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK.
Anaëlle GuedonUniversity of Rennes, CNRS, ECOBIO [(Ecosystems-Biodiversity-Evolution)]-UMR 6553, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Romane NormandUniversity of Rennes, CNRS, ECOBIO [(Ecosystems-Biodiversity-Evolution)]-UMR 6553, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Ludovic LagneauUniversity of Rennes, CNRS, ECOBIO [(Ecosystems-Biodiversity-Evolution)]-UMR 6553, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Cecile Le LannUniversity of Rennes, CNRS, ECOBIO [(Ecosystems-Biodiversity-Evolution)]-UMR 6553, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Joan Van BaarenUniversity of Rennes, CNRS, ECOBIO [(Ecosystems-Biodiversity-Evolution)]-UMR 6553, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Université de Rennes · FRUniversity of Bristol · GBCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FREcosystèmes, Biodiversité, Evolution · FR

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-841952
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Warming temperate winters are resulting in increased insect winter activity. With modern agroecosystems largely homogenous, characterised by low floral diversity, competitive interactions may arise between flower-visiting species, with potential implications for the ecosystem services they provide (e.g. biological control and pollination). Flower strips may be implemented during winter months to support flower-visiting insects and enhance ecosystem service provision. Employing field trials conducted in Brittany, France between 2019 and 2021 and laboratory cage experiments, the current study examined the impact of winter flower strips on aphid biological control performed by parasitoid wasps and the potential for competitive interactions between winter-active parasitoids and pollinators. Results revealed that parasitism rate was not enhanced by the presence of winter flower strips. This lack of effect was not the consequence of pollinator presence, and the current study found no effect of pollinator abundance on parasitism rate. Flower strips may thus be implemented during winter months to support nectar-feeding insects when floral resources are scarce, with no evidence of exploitative competition between pollinators and parasitoids, nor a detrimental impact on biological control provision.

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EcosystemHousing, AnimalAnimalsFlowersInsectaPlant NectarPollinationPlant Nectar

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PMID38278827
PMCPMC10817971
OpenAlexW4391262724

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