Effect of adjacent steppe-like habitats on spider diversity in
vine plants

J 2017

Effect of adjacent steppe-like habitats on spider diversity in vine plants

HAVLOVA, Lucie, Vladimir HULA, Jana NIEDOBOVA and Radek MICHALKO

Basic information

Original name

Effect of adjacent steppe-like habitats on spider diversity in vine plants

Authors

HAVLOVA, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Vladimir HULA (203 Czech Republic), Jana NIEDOBOVA (203 Czech Republic) and Radek MICHALKO (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

BioControl, DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, Springer, 2017, 1386-6141

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10616 Entomology

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.924

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100369

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-017-9840-x

UT WoS

000415612700004

Keywords in English

Araneae; Biocontrol potential; Landscape heterogeneity; Non-crop habitats; Vineyards

Abstract

V originále

Spiders are important natural enemies of pests in many agroecosystems. Spiders' diversity and abundance-and therefore their biological control potential-often increases with the presence of non-crop habitats adjacent to the agroecosystem and/or the abundance of such habitats in the landscape. This research aims to determine whether spider communities dwelling on vine plant trunks are richer and more abundant in terraced vineyards than in plain vineyards. We found that spiders' abundance and species richness were significantly greater during part of the season in the plain than the terraced types of vineyards. The abundance of spiders on the vine plants in the terraced vineyards decreased gradually from the field margins to the centre while no such pattern was observed in the plain vineyards. Subsequent experiments will be needed in order to elucidate the role of the individual mechanisms and parameters that underpin our findings. For example, the air flow (direction and intensity), the presence of the predators, heterogeneity and the presence of shrubs on the slopes of terraces should be studied further. Particularly, because our findings contradict the general assumption that terraced vineyards should host richer spider communities.

Links

MUNI/A/1484/2014, interní kód MU

Name: Analýzy diverzity biologických systémů různých úrovní a na různých škálách terestrického a akvatického prostředí (Acronym: BIDA4)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

HAVLOVA, Lucie, Vladimir HULA, Jana NIEDOBOVA and Radek MICHALKO. Effect of adjacent steppe-like habitats on spider diversity in vine plants. BioControl. DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: Springer, 2017, vol. 62, No 6, p. 757-768. ISSN 1386-6141. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-017-9840-x.

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HAVLOVA, Lucie, Vladimir HULA, Jana NIEDOBOVA and Radek MICHALKO. Effect of adjacent steppe-like habitats on spider diversity in vine plants. \textit{BioControl}. DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: Springer, 2017, vol.~62, No~6, p.~757-768. ISSN~1386-6141. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-017-9840-x.

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