Weed seed predation in organic and conventional fields

Biological Control

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Navntoft, S ^a   Wratten, S D ^b   Kristensen, K ^c   Esbjerg, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Research Unit on Bioinformatics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Birds; Chenopodium album; Ecosystem services; Mice; Prunella modularis; Seed predation; Veronica persica; Weed seeds

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; MUS; PRUNELLA (AVES); PRUNELLA MODULARIS; VERONICA; VERONICA PERSICA;

EID: 60749104143     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Altieri M.A., and Letourneau D.K. Vegetation management and biological control in agroecosystems. Crop Protection 1 (1982) 405-430
2. Andersen A., and Eltun R. Long-term developments in the carabid and staphylinid (Col., Carabidae and Staphylinidae) fauna during conversion from conventional to biological farming. Journal of Applied Entomology 124 (2000) 51-56
3. Belfrage K., Bjorklund J., and Salomonsson L. The effects of farm size and organic farming on diversity of birds, pollinators, and plants in a Swedish landscape. Ambio 34 (2005) 582-588
4. Bence S.L., Stander K., and Griffiths M. Habitat characteristics of harvest mouse nests on arable farmland. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 99 (2003) 179-186
5. Benton T.G., Bryant D.M., Cole L., and Crick H.Q.P. Linking agricultural practice to insect and bird populations: a historical study over three decades. Journal of Applied Ecology 39 (2002) 673-687
6. Booij C.J.H., and Noorlander J. Farming systems and insect predators. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 40 (1992) 125-135
7. Brown R.W. Margin/field interfaces and small mammals. Aspects of Applied Biology 54 (1999) 203-210
8. Brust G.E., and House G.J. Weed seed destruction by arthropods and rodents in low-input soybean agroecosystems. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 3 (1988) 19-25
9. Buckingham D.L., Peach W.J., and Fox D.S. Effects of agricultural management on the use of lowland grassland by foraging birds. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 112 (2006) 21-40
10. Cardina J., Norquay H.M., Stinner B.R., and McCartney D.A. Postdispersal predation of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) seeds. Weed Science 44 (1996) 534-539
11. Chamberlain D., Evans J., Fuller R., and Langston R. Where there's muck, there's birds. The BTO's organic farm project. BTO News 200 (1995) 15-17
12. Chamberlain D.E., Wilson J.D., and Fuller R.J. A comparison of bird populations on organic and conventional farm systems in southern Britain. Biological Conservation 88 (1999) 307-320
13. Chiverton P.A., and Sotherton N.W. The effects on beneficial arthropods of the exclusion of herbicides from cereal crop edges. Journal of Applied Ecology 28 (1991) 1027-1039
14. Christensen K.D., Jacobsen E.M., and Nøhr H. A comparative study of bird faunas in conventionally and organically farmed areas. Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 90 (1996) 21-28
15. Collins K.L., Boatman N.D., Wilcox A., Holland J.M., and Chaney K. Influence of beetle banks on cereal, aphid predation in winter wheat. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 93 (2002) 337-350
16. Collins K.L., Boatman N.D., Wilcox A., and Holland J.M. A 5-year comparison of overwintering polyphagous predator densities within a beetle bank and two conventional hedgebanks. Annals of Applied Biology 143 (2003) 63-71
17. Cowgill S.E., Wratten S.D., and Sotherton N.W. The effect of weeds on the numbers of hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) adults and the distribution and composition of their eggs in winter-wheat. Annals of Applied Biology 123 (1993) 499-515
18. Cromar H.E., Murphy S.D., and Swanton C.J. Influence of tillage and crop residue on postdispersal predation of weed seeds. Weed Science 47 (1999) 184-194
19. Dicke D., and Gerhards R. The impact of post harvest weed seed predation compared to stubble cultivation on weed seed decline. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, Special Issue 20 (2006) 267-272
20. Doring T.F., and Kromp B. Which carabid species benefit from organic agriculture?-a review of comparative studies in winter cereals from Germany and Switzerland. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 98 (2003) 153-161
21. Firbank L.G., and Watkinson A.R. Modeling the population-dynamics of an arable weed and its effects upon crop yield. Journal of Applied Ecology 23 (1986) 147-159
22. Fuller R.J., Norton L.R., Feber R.E., Johnson P.J., Chamberlain D.E., Joys A.C., Mathews F., Stuart R.C., Townsend M.C., Manley W.J., Wolfe M.S., MacDonald D.W., and Firbank L.G. Benefits of organic farming to biodiversity vary among taxa. Biology Letters 1 (2005) 431-434
23. Gallandt E.R. Experimental substrate affects rate of seed removal in assays of invertebrate seed predation. Weed Technology 19 (2005) 481-485
24. Gallandt E.R., Molloy T., Lynch R.P., and Drummond F.A. Effect of cover-cropping systems on invertebrate seed predation. Weed Science 53 (2005) 69-76
25. Ghersa C.M., Benech-Arnold R.L., Satorre E.H., and Martínez-Ghersa M.A. Advances in weed management strategies. Field Crops Research 67 (2000) 95-104
26. Green R.E. The feeding ecology and survival of partridge chicks (Alectoris Rufa and Perdix perdix) on arable farmland in East Anglia. Journal of Applied Ecology 21 (1984) 817-830
27. Green R.E., Osborne P.E., and Sears E.J. The distribution of passerine birds in hedgerows during the breeding-season in relation to characteristics of the hedgerow and adjacent farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology 31 (1994) 677-692
28. Hart J.D., Milsom T.P., Fisher G., Wilkins V., Moreby S.J., Murray A.W.A., and Robertson P.A. The relationship between yellowhammer breeding performance, arthropod abundance and insecticide applications on arable farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology 43 (2006) 81-91
29. Hector A., and Bagchi R. Biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature 448 (2007) 188-1U6
30. Hole D.G., Perkins A.J., Wilson J.D., Alexander I.H., Grice F., and Evans A.D. Does organic farming benefit biodiversity?. Biological Conservation 122 (2005) 113-130
31. Holmes R.J., and Froud-Williams R.J. Post-dispersal weed seed predation by avian and non-avian predators. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 105 (2005) 23-27
32. Hulme P.E. Postdispersal seed predation in grassland-its magnitude and sources of variation. Journal of Ecology 82 (1994) 645-652
33. Marino P.C., Gross K.L., and Landis D.A. Weed seed loss due to predation in Michigan maize fields. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 66 (1997) 189-196
34. Marino P.C., Westerman P.R., Pinkert C., and van der Werf W. Influence of seed density and aggregation on post-dispersal weed seed predation in cereal fields. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 106 (2005) 17-25
35. Marshall E.J.P., Brown V.K., Boatman N.D., Lutman P.J.W., Squire G.R., and Ward L.K. The role of weeds in supporting biological diversity within crop fields. Weed Research 43 (2003) 77-89
36. Menalled F.D., Marino P.C., Renner K.A., and Landis D.A. Post-dispersal weed seed predation in Michigan crop fields as a function of agricultural landscape structure. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 77 (2000) 193-202
37. Miller Jr. R.G. Simultaneous Statistical Inference (1981), Springer-Verlag, New York
38. Mittelbach G.G., and Gross K.L. Experimental studies of seed predation in old-fields. Oecologia 65 (1984) 7-13
39. Moore N.W., Hooper M.D., and Davis B.N.K. Hedges. I: Introduction and reconnaissance studies. Journal of Applied Ecology 4 (1967) 201-220
40. Navntoft, S., Esbjerg, P., Jensen, A.M., Johnsen, I., Petersen, B.S., 2003. Flora and fauna changes during conversion from conventional to organic farming. Pesticides Research 74. Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Danish Ministry of the Environment.
41. Navntoft S., Esbjerg P., and Riedel W. Effects of reduced pesticide dosages on carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in winter wheat. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 8 (2006) 57-62
42. Navntoft, S., Petersen, B.S., Esbjerg, P., Jensen, A.M., Johnsen, I., Kristensen, K., Petersen, P.H., Ørum, J.E., 2007. Effects of mechanical weed control in spring cereals-flora, fauna and economy. Pesticides Research 114. Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Danish Ministry of the Environment.
43. O'Connor R.J., and Shrubb M. Farming and Birds (1986), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
44. Ormerod S.J., and Watkinson A.R. Birds and agriculture-editor's introduction. Journal of Applied Ecology 37 (2000) 699-705
45. Ostman O., Ekbom B., and Bengtsson J. Landscape heterogeneity and farming practice influence biological control. Basic and Applied Ecology 2 (2001) 365-371
46. Petersen B.S. The distribution of Danish farmland birds in relation to habitat characteristics. Ornis Fennica 75 (1998) 105-118
47. Povey F.D., Smith H., and Watt T.A. Predation of annual grass weed seeds in arable field margins. Annals of Applied Biology 122 (1993) 323-328
48. Rahman A., James T.K., Grbavac N., Waller J.E., and Mellsop J. Spatial variability of fathen seeds in the soil under repeat maize cropping. Proceedings of the New Zealand Plant Protection Conference 52 (1999) 209-213
49. Robinson R.A., and Sutherland W.J. The winter distribution of seed-eating birds: habitat structure, seed density and seasonal depletion. Ecography 22 (1999) 447-454
50. Robinson R.A., and Sutherland W.J. Post-war changes in arable farming and biodiversity in Great Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology 39 (2002) 157-176
51. Robinson R.A., Hart J.D., Holland J.M., and Parrott D. Habitat use by seed-eating birds: a scale-dependent approach. Ibis 146 (2004) 87-98
52. Roy B., Popay I., Champion P., James T., and Rahan A. An Illustrated Guide to Common Weeds of New Zealand. second ed. (2004), New Zealand Plant Protection Society
53. Sandhu, H.S., 2007. Quantifying the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Arable Land: A Bottom-Up Approach, Ph.D. Thesis, Lincoln University, New Zealand.
54. Sandhu H.S., Wratten S.D., Cullen R., and Case B. The future of farming: the value of ecosystem services in conventional and organic arable land. An experimental approach. Ecological Economics 64 (2008) 835-848
55. SAS Institute, Inc., 2005. The GLIMMIX Procedure, November 2005, SAS Institute.
56. Satterthwaite F.E. An approximate distribution of estimates of variance components. Biometrics Bulletin 2 (1946) 110-114
57. Snyder W.E., Snyder G.B., Finke D.L., and Straub C.S. Predator biodiversity strengthens herbivore suppression. Ecology Letters 9 (2006) 789-796
58. Stoate C., Moreby S.J., and Szczur J. Breeding ecology of farmland Yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella. Bird Study 45 (1998) 109-121
59. Tattersall F.H., MacDonald D.W., Hart B.J., Manley W.J., and Feber R.E. Habitat use by wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) in a changeable arable landscape. Journal of Zoology 255 (2001) 487-494
60. Tattersall F.H., MacDonald D.W., Hart B.J., Johnson P., Manley W., and Feber R. Is habitat linearity important for small mammal communities on farmland?. Journal of Applied Ecology 39 (2002) 643-652
61. Thomas M.B., Wratten S.D., and Sotherton N.W. Creation of island habitats in farmland to manipulate populations of beneficial arthropods-predator densities and emigration. Journal of Applied Ecology 28 (1991) 906-917
62. Tscharntke T., Klein A.M., Kruess A., Steffan-Dewenter I., and Thies C. Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity-ecosystem service management. Ecology Letters 8 (2005) 857-874
63. Westerman P.R., Wes J.S., Kropff M.J., and van der Werf W. Annual losses of weed seeds due to predation in organic cereal fields. Journal of Applied Ecology 40 (2003) 824-836
64. Westerman P.R., Hofman A., Vet L.E.M., and van der Werf W. Relative importance of vertebrates and invertebrates in epigaeic weed seed predation in organic cereal fields. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 95 (2003) 417-425
65. Westerman P.R., Liebman M., Menalled F.D., Heggenstaller A.H., Hartzler R.G., and Dixon P.M. Are many little hammers effective? Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) population dynamics in two- and four-year crop rotation systems. Weed Science 53 (2005) 382-392
66. Whelan C.J., Willson M.F., Tuma C.A., and Souzapinto I. Spatial and temporal patterns of postdispersal seed predation. Canadian Journal of Botany 69 (1991) 428-436