Université de Fribourg

The importance of landscape and spatial structure for hymenopteran-based food webs in an agro-ecosystem

Fabian, Yvonne ; Sandau, Nadine ; Bruggisser, Odile T. ; Aebi, Alex ; Kehrli, Patrik ; Rohr, Rudolf P. ; Naisbit, Russell E. ; Bersier, Louis-Félix

In: Journal of Animal Ecology, 2013, vol. 82, no. 6, p. 1203–1214

Understanding the environmental factors that structure biodiversity and food webs among communities is central to assess and mitigate the impact of landscape changes. Wildflower strips are ecological compensation areas established in farmland to increase pollination services and biological control of crop pests and to conserve insect diversity. They are arranged in networks in order to favour...