Monitoring Arthropods in Azorean Agroecosystems: the project AGRO-ECOSERVICES

The data we present are part of the AGRO-ECOSERVICES project (Assessing Ecosystem Services and Disservices provided by Arthropod species in Azorean Agroecosystems) that aims to combine novel, direct and quantitative tools for monitoring agro-biodiversity, ecosystem services (ES; natural pest control by predation, pollination, decomposition, herbivory on invasive plants) and disservices (ED; predation on beneficial arthropods, herbivory on native and crop plants), and evaluating the relative importance of native and non-native organisms as ES/ED providers. Active Aerial Searching (only in maize-fields) and Pitfall traps were used to sample the arthropod biodiversity (pollinators and predatory spiders, true-bugs and beetles and main insect pests) on three agricultural habitats of Terceira Island, namely citrus orchards, maize fields and vineyards. This publication contributes not only to a better knowledge of the arthropods present in agro-ecosystems of Terceira Island, but will also contribute as a baseline for future monitoring schemes in Azorean agroecosystems targeting the long-term change on arthropod diversity and abundance

Identification

Alternate Identifier: 10.15468/mvtmyx

Alternate Identifier: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=arthropods_agroecoservices

Alternate Identifier: 822f3765-6950-40c5-9353-1f335599007c

Publication Date: 2021-11-02

Title: Monitoring Arthropods in Azorean Agroecosystems: the project AGRO-ECOSERVICES

Abstract: The data we present are part of the AGRO-ECOSERVICES project (Assessing Ecosystem Services and Disservices provided by Arthropod species in Azorean Agroecosystems) that aims to combine novel, direct and quantitative tools for monitoring agro-biodiversity, ecosystem services (ES; natural pest control by predation, pollination, decomposition, herbivory on invasive plants) and disservices (ED; predation on beneficial arthropods, herbivory on native and crop plants), and evaluating the relative importance of native and non-native organisms as ES/ED providers. Active Aerial Searching (only in maize-fields) and Pitfall traps were used to sample the arthropod biodiversity (pollinators and predatory spiders, true-bugs and beetles and main insect pests) on three agricultural habitats of Terceira Island, namely citrus orchards, maize fields and vineyards. This publication contributes not only to a better knowledge of the arthropods present in agro-ecosystems of Terceira Island, but will also contribute as a baseline for future monitoring schemes in Azorean agroecosystems targeting the long-term change on arthropod diversity and abundance

Dataset Language: ENGLISH

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Paulo A. V. Borges (Aggregate Professor )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Lucas Lamelas-López (Student )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/lucas-lamelas-loacutepez

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Rui Nunes (Researcher )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/rui-miguel-ricardo-nunes

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores - Paulo Monjardino (Auxiliary Professor )

Rua Capitao Joao D'Avila , Angra do Heroismo , Azores , 9701-042 , PORTUGAL

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - David H. Lopes (Aggregate Professor )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/david-joatildeo-horta-lopes

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - António O. Soares (Aggregate Professor )

Rua da Mãe de Deus , Ponta Delgada , Azores , 9500-321 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/antoacutenio-onofre-costa-miranda-soares

Dataset Creator: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Marco Ferrante (Researcher )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/Marco_Ferrante

Metadata Provider: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Paulo A. V. Borges (Aggregate Professor )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges

Associated Party: AUTHOR
Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Paulo A. V. Borges (Aggregate Professor )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges

Dataset Contact: Universidade dos Açores; ce3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental - Paulo A. V. Borges (Aggregate Professor )

Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze , Angra Do Heroismo , Azores , 9700-042 , PORTUGAL
http://gba.uac.pt/member/paulo-a-v-borges

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml )

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Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal

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West Bounding Coordinate: -27.394

East Bounding Coordinate: -27.015

North Bounding Coordinate: 38.814

South Bounding Coordinate: 38.638

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2019-07-16

End Date

2021-09-06

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

The following Classes and Orders are covered:

Arachnida: Araneae; Opiliones; Pseudoscorpiones

Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha; Lithobiomorpha; Scolopendromorpha; Scutigeromorpha

Diplopoda: Chordeumatida; Julida; Polydesmida

Insecta: Archaeognatha; Coleoptera; Dermaptera; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Neuroptera; Orthoptera; Psocoptera; Thysanoptera

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value: Arthropoda

Common Name: Arthropods

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Araneae

Common Name: Spiders

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Opiliones

Common Name: Opilions

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Pseudoscorpiones

Common Name: Pseudoscorpiones

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Chilopoda

Common Name: Centipedes

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Diplopoda

Common Name: Millipedes

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Archaeognatha

Common Name: Bristletails

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Coleoptera

Common Name: Beetles

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Dermaptera

Common Name: Earwigs

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Hemiptera

Common Name: Bugs

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Hymenoptera

Common Name: Ants

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Lepidoptera

Common Name: Moths

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Neuroptera

Common Name: Lacewings

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Orthoptera

Common Name: Grasshoppers

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Psocoptera

Common Name: Barklice

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Taxonomic Rank Value: Thysanoptera

Common Name: Thrips

License Information

Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Projects

• ProjectAGRO-ECOSERVICES_Arthropods

Title: AGRO-ECOSERVICES - Assessing Ecosystem Services and Disservices provided by Arthropod species in Azorean Agroecosystems

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Given Name: Paulo A. V.

Surname: Borges

User ID: 0000-0002-8448-7623

Role: CURATOR

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Given Name: Marco

Surname: Girardello

Role: AUTHOR

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Given Name: Rui

Surname: Nunes

Role: AUTHOR

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Given Name: Paulo

Surname: Monjardino

Role: AUTHOR

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Given Name: David H.

Surname: Lopes

Role: AUTHOR

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Given Name: Marco

Surname: Ferrante

Role: AUTHOR

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Given Name: António O.

Surname: Soares

Role: AUTHOR

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Given Name: Lucas

Surname: Lamelas-López

Role: CONTENT_PROVIDER

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Given Name: Enésima

Surname: Pereira

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Surname: Gil

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Abstract

The data we present are part of the AGRO-ECOSERVICES project (Assessing ecosystem services and disservices provided by arthropod species in Azorean agroecosystems). The project aims to evaluate the relative importance of native and non-native organisms as ecosystem services (ES) and disservices (ED) providers, by combining novel, direct and quantitative tools for monitoring agro-biodiversity. Ecosystem services include evaluation of natural pest control by predation, seed predation on weed plants, pollination, decomposition and ecosystem disservices, herbivory and seed predation on crop plants. Active Aerial Searching (AAS) (only in maize-fields) and pitfall traps were used to sample the arthropod biodiversity (predatory spiders, true-bugs and beetles and main insect pests) on four agricultural habitats of Terceira Island, namely citrus orchards, low and high elevation maize fields and vineyards.

We provided an inventory of all arthropods recorded in four Azorean agro-ecosystems, citrus orchards, low and high elevation maize fields and vineyards, from Terceira Island. A total of 63396 specimens were collected, belonging to four classes, 20 orders, 81 families and 200 identified species of arthropods. A total of 131 species are considered introduced (n = 27483) and 69 native non-endemic (n= 32131). No endemic species were recorded and 3782 specimens belong to unidentified taxa recorded only at genus or family level. Five species are new records for Terceira Island, with Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) being also a new record for the Azores. These datasets are part of the AGRO-ECOSERVICES project (Assessing ecosystem services and disservices provided by arthropod species in Azorean agroecosystem). This publication contributes to a better knowledge of the arthropods communities present in agro-ecosystems of Terceira Island and will serve as a baseline for future monitoring schemes targeting the long-term change in arthropod diversity and abundance.

Funding: This work was financed by FEDER (European Regional Development Fund) in 85% and by Azorean Public funds by 15% through Operational Program Azores 2020, under the project AGRO-ECOSERVICES (ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000073).

Study Area Description

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Terceira Island (area: 400.2 km²; elevation: 1021 m a.s.l.) is located in the central group of the Azores archipelago (North Atlantic), roughly at 38°43'17''N 27°13'14''W. The climate is temperate oceanic, with regular and abundant rainfall, high levels of relative humidity and persistent winds, mainly during the winter and autumn seasons. The sampled habitats includes citrus orchards, located at low elevation areas, maize fields, located at low and intermediate elevations, and a world heritage vineyard region, located in the north coast of the island

Design Description

Description

Active Aerial Searching (AAS) and Pitfall traps were used to sample the arthropod biodiversity, by collecting pollinators and predatory spiders, true-bugs and beetles and main insect pests, on three agricultural habitats of Terceira Island. Active Aerial Searching (AAS) consists on collecting arthropods found above knee-level by hand, forceps, pooter or brush and immediately transferring them into vials containing alcohol. Pitfall traps consists on standard 33 cl plastic cups, partially filled with propylene glycol. The traps were deployed during 14 consecutive days.

In five citrus orchards and six (of ten available) maize fields (three in low- and three in intermediate-elevation areas), 16 pitfall traps were deployed, along a transect, from the point closest to the crop entrance. A total of 80 and 96 pitfall-traps were deployed on citrus orchards and maize fields, respectively. Additionally, in five low- and five intermediate-elevation maize fields, four 1hour-samples were also collected using AAS technique, given that the complexity of the crop and the economic importance for the region. Azorean vineyards are formed by small rocky enclosures (between 6-20 m2). Therefore, the pitfall-traps were deployed in the interior of these enclosures. A total of 142 Pitfall traps were deployed in three vineyards. Collected samples were sorted and posteriorly identified by an expert taxonomist (PAVB) in laboratory.

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Description: Active Aerial Searching (AAS) and Pitfall traps were used to sample the arthropod biodiversity, by collecting pollinators and predatory spiders, true-bugs and beetles and main insect pests, on three agricultural habitats of Terceira Island. Active Aerial Searching (AAS) consists on collecting arthropods found above knee-level by hand, forceps, pooter or brush and immediately transferring them into vials containing alcohol. Pitfall traps consists on standard 33 cl plastic cups, partially filled with propylene glycol. The traps were deployed during 14 consecutive days.

Sampling

Study Extent

The study was conducted in three agro-ecosystems of Terceira Island: citrus orchards, maize fields and vineyards. Five citrus orchards were selected, located at low elevation areas. Ten maize fields, which five are located inland (at intermediate elevation areas) and five in low elevation areas. Finally, three vineyards included in a world heritage region, located in the coast north of the island, were sampled

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