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dc.contributor.authorSaunders, Manuen
dc.contributor.authorLuck, Gary Wen
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-18T12:01:00Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationPLoS One, 11(7), p. 1-16en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22841-
dc.description.abstractDiverse animal communities influence ecosystem function in agroecosystems through positive and negative plant-animal interactions. Yet, past research has largely failed to examine multiple interactions that can have opposing impacts on agricultural production in a given context. We collected data on arthropod communities and yield quality and quantity parameters (fruit set, yield loss and net outcomes) in three major apple-growing regions in south-eastern Australia. We quantified the net yield outcome (accounting for positive and negative interactions) of multiple animal activities (pollination, fruit damage, biological control) across the entire growing season on netted branches, which excluded vertebrate predators of arthropods, and open branches. Net outcome was calculated as the number of undamaged fruit at harvest as a proportion of the number of blossoms (i.e., potential fruit yield). Vertebrate exclusion resulted in lower levels of fruit set and higher levels of arthropod damage to apples, but did not affect net outcomes. Yield quality and quantity parameters (fruit set, yield loss, net outcomes) were not directly associated with arthropod functional groups. Model variance and significant differences between the ratio of pest to beneficial arthropods between regions indicated that complex relationships between environmental factors and multiple animal interactions have a combined effect on yield. Our results show that focusing on a single crop stage, species group or ecosystem function/service can overlook important complexity in ecological processes within the system. Accounting for this complexity and quantifying the net outcome of ecological interactions within the system, is more informative for research and management of biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS Oneen
dc.titleCombining Costs and Benefits of Animal Activities to Assess Net Yield Outcomes in Apple Orchardsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0158618en
dcterms.accessRightsGolden
dc.subject.keywordsEcosystem Functionen
dc.subject.keywordsAgro-ecosystem Function and Predictionen
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology)en
local.contributor.firstnameManuen
local.contributor.firstnameGary Wen
local.subject.for2008060202 Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology)en
local.subject.for2008070301 Agro-ecosystem Function and Predictionen
local.subject.for2008050102 Ecosystem Functionen
local.subject.seo2008960504 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environmentsen
local.subject.seo2008820210 Pome Fruit, Pip Fruiten
local.subject.seo2008960904 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Managementen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailmsaund28@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-chute-20180418-104744en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.identifier.runningnumbere0158618en
local.format.startpage1en
local.format.endpage16en
local.identifier.scopusid84978924617en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume11en
local.identifier.issue7en
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnameSaundersen
local.contributor.lastnameLucken
dc.identifier.staffune-id:msaund28en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:23025en
local.identifier.handlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22841en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleCombining Costs and Benefits of Animal Activities to Assess Net Yield Outcomes in Apple Orchardsen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.grantdescriptionARC/DP140100709en
local.search.authorSaunders, Manuen
local.search.authorLuck, Gary Wen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2016-
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/e4d0bed8-d9ab-4d5e-8b88-e97d4456bff4en
local.subject.for2020310302 Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)en
local.subject.for2020300402 Agro-ecosystem function and predictionen
local.subject.for2020410203 Ecosystem functionen
local.subject.seo2020180601 Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystemsen
local.subject.seo2020260511 Pome fruit, pip fruiten
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