Direct and indirect effects of agricultural intensification on a host-parasitoid system on the ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) in a landscape context

• Published in: Landscape ecology Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 2015 - 2028
• Main Authors: Herbst, Christine, Arnold-Schwandner, Sabrina, Meiners, Torsten, Peters, Marcell K., Rothenwöhrer, Christoph, Steckel, Juliane, Wäschke, Nicole, Westphal, Catrin, Obermaier, Elisabeth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Agricultural land; Agricultural management; Agricultural production; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Environmental Management; fauna; Germany; Grassland management; Grasslands; habitats; Herbivores; Host plants; hosts; indigenous species; Intensive farming; Land use; Landscape; Landscape Ecology; landscape management; Landscape preservation; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; landscapes; Life Sciences; Mecinus; Mesopolobus; Muscina pascuorum; Nature Conservation; Parasites; Parasitoids; Plantago; Plantago lanceolata; Research Article; Sustainable Development; Tri-trophic interactions; Trophic levels; Trophic relationships; Germany; Grassland; Landscape composition; Land use intensity; Host-parasitoid interaction; Trophic interaction; Tritrophic system; Spatial scale; Ribwort plantain

Context Intensification of land use is known as a major driver of worldwide decline in biodiversity. Trophic interactions might be especially affected by a changing landscape structure due to agricultural intensification. Objective In this study we investigated the effects of increasing land use int...