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Impact of pest control strategies on the arthropodofauna living in bird nests built in nestboxes in pear and apple orchards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2013

Lise Roy ,
Jean-Charles Bouvier ,
Claire Lavigne ,
Mathieu Galès  and
Thierry Buronfosse
Lise Roy*
Affiliation:
Université de Lyon – VetAgro Sup, Campus vétérinaire de Lyon – Laboratoire de Parasitologie, 1 av. Bourgelat, 69280 Marcy L'etoile, France
Jean-Charles Bouvier
Affiliation:
INRA UR1115 Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, 84000 Avignon, France
Claire Lavigne
Affiliation:
INRA UR1115 Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, 84000 Avignon, France
Mathieu Galès
Affiliation:
INRA UR1115 Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, 84000 Avignon, France
Thierry Buronfosse
Affiliation:
Université de Lyon – VetAgro Sup, Campus vétérinaire de Lyon – Laboratoire de Parasitologie, 1 av. Bourgelat, 69280 Marcy L'etoile, France
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*Author for correspondence Phone: +33 (0) 6 69 78 76 87 E-mail: lise.steph.roy@gmail.com
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Abstract

Pesticide applications have a strong impact on biodiversity in agroecosystems. The present study aimed to assess the impact of pest control strategies on the arthropodofauna of Parus major nests built within nestboxes installed in orchards. Unlike many studied groups, these arthropod communities are not in direct contact with pesticide sprays (on account of their being sheltered by nestboxes) and are also unable to move away from the treated area. In this pilot study, we estimated the prevalence and the taxonomic and ecological diversities of arthropodofauna sampled in the nests and assessed the extent to which the whole and nest-specific arthropodofauna were affected by pest control strategies. Sixteen different insect and arachnid Primary Taxonomic Groups (PTGs, order level or below) were found in nests. The best represented PTGs (⩾10% occurrence in years 2007 and 2008) were Psocoptera (Insecta, detritivorous/saprophagous), detritivorous/saprophagous Astigmata (Acari) and hematophagous Mesostigmata (Acari). Pest control strategies had a large impact on the prevalence of arthropods in nests, with higher proportions of nests hosting arthropods in organic orchards than in conventional orchards and with intermediate proportions in nests in Integrated Pest Management orchards. In contrast, pest control strategies had no significant effect on the composition of the arthropod communities when only nests hosting nidicolous arthropods were considered.

Keywords

bird nestcrop managementarthropodsnestboxParus majororchardspesticides

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 103 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 458 - 465
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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