Modular Habitat Refugia Enhance Generalist Predators and Lower Plant Damage in Soybeans

By J. Halaj, A. Cady, G. Uetz. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science

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Manipulating plant resources to enhance beneficial arthropods in agricultural landscapes (2005, methodology): “Halaj et al. (2000) used modular refuges constructed from wire baskets stuffed with straw to increase spider population density, species richness, and reduce arthropod damage in soybean.”
Effects of Straw Mulch on Pest Insects, Predators, and Weeds in Watermelons and Potatoes (2004, background): “Similar increases in lycosid spider numbers were observed in response to provision of straw refugia in soybean Þelds (Halaj et al. 2000), with increases attributed to provision of a favorable microhabitat and possible enhancement of the predatorsÕ food base (i.e., increased numbers of detritivores…”
ATTENUATION OF TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP FORCES IN A COMPLEX TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITY (2004, background): “Increased vegetation complexity may reduce abiotic stressors (Wise 1993), increase hunting or prey capture efficiency (Riechert and Bishop 1990, Halaj et al. 2000), or may protect spiders from other foraging predators, such as birds and other spiders (Gunnarsson 1990, Finke and Denno 2002).”
Small-scale habitat use and assemblage structure of ground-dwelling beetles in a Patagonian shrub steppe (2006, background): “In general, ground-dwelling beetles are attracted to high cover patches (Parmenter et al., 1989; Stapp, 1997; Fournier and Loreau, 1999; Halaj et al., 2000), although they can move freely across exposed, open spaces when searching for food or suitable microhabitat (Wiens et al., 1997).”
Composition, abundance and pest control potential of spider communities in agroecosystems: a comparison of European and US studies (2003, background): “Therefore attempts have been made to artificially increase spider density in US field crops by habitat manipulations, such as creating straw shelters as temporary refugia ( Riechert and Bishop, 1990; Tuntibunpakul and Wise, 1998; Halaj et al., 2000).”
Experimental plant invasion reduces arthropod abundance and richness across multiple trophic levels (2010, background): “Spiders rely on habitat structure for web-building (Gunnarsson 1990, Halaj et al. 2000), and a loss of native plant species richness due to invasion could diminish specific types of plant architectural complexity that are important to spiders (Borges and Brown 2001, Topp et al. 2008).”
Mitigating the effects of insecticides on arthropod biological control at field and landscape scales (2014, background): “For example, Halaj et al. (2000) found that modular habitat refugia constructed of chicken wire loosely filled with bedding straw increased predator abundance and reduced insect damage in soybean fields.”
Harvestmen in an Atlantic forest fragmented landscape: Evaluating assemblage response to habitat quality and quantity (2007, background): “Moreover, most harvestmen are predators and some studies indicate that predators are more vulnerable to environmental disturbances than other trophic groups (Didham et al., 1998b; Davies et al., 2001; Basset et al., 2004), either because populations of higher trophic-levels tend to be more unstable ”