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Landscape composition and farming practices affect the abundance of the codling moth and its predation and parasitism in apple orchards
2016
National audience; There is increasing recognition that landscape management could contribute to sustainable pest control. However, while many studies indicate that the proportion of semi-natural habitat over the landscape correlates positively with the abundance and diversity of natural enemies in elds, results are more equivocal concerning the reduction of pest abundance. This last result is possibly due to the diversity of land-use intensity in the landscapes. In the present studies, we assessed whether amount of semi-natural habitat and pesticide use at both local and landscape scales a ected the abundance of codling moth (Cydia pomonella, lepidoptera), its parasitism and predation of s…
Neutral modelling of agricultural landscapes by tessellation methods: the GenExP-LandSiTes software - Application to the simulation of gene flow
2010
International audience; We present a three steps approach that aimed at simulating neutral agricultural landscape models: (1) we characterized the geometry of three real field patterns; (2) we generated simulated field patterns with two tessellation methods attempting to control the value of some of the observed characteristics and, (3) we evaluated the simulated field patterns. The first two steps were integrated to the GenExP-LandSiTes software that thus simulates two-dimensional agricultural landscapes. It is written in Java, and it is freely accessible through a Gnu Public Licence. For the third step, we considered that good simulated field patterns should capture characteristics of rea…
Ex Ante evaluation of gene flow in oilseed rape with cropping system models
2013
Chapitre 4; Oilseed rape (OSR) genes can escape fields in space via pollen and seeds, and in time via volunteers resulting from seeds lost before or during oilseed rape harvest. When varieties co-exist, e.g. genetically-modified (GM) and non-GM varieties, this spatio-temporal gene flow can lead to the adventitious presence of GM seeds in non-GM harvests and thus cause financial losses for farmers and cooperatives. Gene flow depends on crop locations, succession, and management, as well as the location and management of semi-natural areas such as roadverges. The objective of this investigation was to present a simulation methodology using the spatially-explicit cropping system model GENESYS …
Contribution of landscape drivers to explain crop pest infestation levels at national scale
2021
Managing crop pests in an integrated framework requires increased knowledge aboutpest abundance drivers. Landscape properties, agricultural practices or climate can affectthe presence of crop pests at different scales. However, few studies considered these affectsat national scale, due to a lack of data. In this study, we analysed the effect of climatic conditions and land-uses occupation on the level of pest infestation of three types of pests: slugs(Deroceras reticulatum & Arion hortensis); cereal aphids (Sitobion avenae & Rhopalosiphumpadi) and oilseed rape pests (Meligethes aeneus & Ceuhtorrhynchus napi). Pest infestationlevels were derived the French national epidemiological monitoring…
Landscape effects on crop pest biocontrol are modulated by local pesticide use
2019
International audience; Control of crop pests by their natural enemies provide a valuable but poorly quantified ecosystem service in farmland. Complex landscapes including semi-natural habitats are expected to favour natural enemies thereby enhancing natural pest biocontrol in crops. However, when considering a large number of situations, the response of natural biocontrol to landscape properties is globally inconsistent, a possible explanation being that local agricultural practices counteract landscape effects. Here, we report on survey conducted along a crossed gradient of pesticide use intensity and landscape simplification that analysed the interactive effects of landscape characterist…
Disentangling local agronomic practices from agricultural landscape effects on pest biological control
2019
International audience; The biological control of crop pests is a valuable service provided by various beneficial organisms that are naturally present in agricultural landscapes. Semi-natural habitats has long been recognized as essential to preserve beneficial insects, but proof of their efficiency to enhance biological control of pests remains non conclusive. Here, we examined the variability of landscape effect on biological pest control and the way local agronomic practices may modulate it. Biological pest control was monitored in 80 commercial fields (arable crops and orchards) during three consecutive years in four contrasting French agricultural landscapes distributed along a double …
Variabilité intra-saisonnière et multi-décennale de la téléconnexion entre les pressions de surface (100°W–50°E ; 30°–70°N) et les ENSO/LNSO (1873–19…
2000
Abstract The relationships between an index of the NINO3.4 region and the wintertime sea level pressure (hereafter SLP) anomalies on the extratropical North Atlantic and the bordering areas (100°W–50°E; 30°–70°N) are studied for 1873–1996. This study emphasizes the need of a careful pooling of months and the multi-decadal variability of the ENSO/LNSO influence on the extratropical North Atlantic. We calculate the mean monthly climate anomalies for the 20 warmest and the 20 coldest NINO3.4 (170°–120°W; 5°N–5°S) years from October to March. The composite of SLP anomalies for the 20 warmest NINO3.4 years shows an anomalous trough centered near 30°W in November–December, and positive (respectiv…
Influence de l'ENSO sur les précipitations de la région à pluies d'hiver d’Afrique du sud.
2012
5 pages; International audience; L'impact de l'ENSO sur la région à pluies d'hiver d'Afrique du Sud a été peu étudié, alors qu’il s’agit d’une zone densément peuplée, grosse exportatrice de produits agricoles, et par ailleurs remarquable par sa biodiversité. La relation ENSO - précipitations d'hiver est analysée à partir de 682 pluviomètres sur la période 1950-1999. Le cumul saisonnier mai-juillet (MJJ) est corrélé positivement et significativement à l'ENSO depuis la rupture climatique de 1976/1977. Les forts cumuls de MJJ durant les événements ENSO résultent de séquences humides plus longues dans la région du Cap et plus fréquentes dans la région au nord de 33°S. Les séquences humides enre…
High resolution rainfall variability in the vineyard: first results from a local scale network in Burgundy.
2012
4 pages; International audience; Rainfall is a major component of Vitivinicultural Terroirs. In many regions, it controls a large part of water intake byvine and it has an important role in diseases occurrence. Winegrowers often record rainfall with only one or a couple ofrain gauges. Such a sparse coverage might not be accurate enough to capture efficiently the spatial variability ofrainfall, which is a necessary prerequisite for efficient crop management (e.g. for irrigation or spraying decisions, etc.).In order to study high resolution variability of rainfall, we implemented a 40 tipping bucket rain gauges network over anarea of 28 km² in the hilly region of Beaune (France). The mesh siz…
Assessing habitat connectivity of the lesser horseshoe bat using graph theory to explain its distribution
2011
The lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros was formerly widespread and quite common in north-western Europe, but has undergone a dramatic decline from the 1960s. The main hypothesis for this decline is a change of habitat quality. Recent works have stressed the importance of good connection between roosts and foraging areas by tree lines and well-structured hedgerows. Thus, landscape connectivity is assumed to be a key-factor for population sustainability. The present study is based on a case study in Franche-Comté (France). Its purpose is to model the distribution of the lesser horseshoe bat and to characterize the functional connectivity of its habitat. Graph theory is used effici…