DOI: 10.31220/agriRxiv.2021.00084

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  Abstract: Abstract Variability in population densities is key to the ecology of natural systems but also has great implications for agriculture. Farmers' decisions are heavily influenced by their risk-aversion to pest outbreaks that result in major yield losses. However, the need for long-term pest population data across many farms has prevented researchers from exploring the drivers and implications of pest population variability. Here, we demonstrate the critical importance of population variability for sustainable farming by analyzing 13-yrs of pest densities across >1300 Spanish olive orchards and vineyards. Variable populations were more likely to cause major yield losses, but also occasionally created temporal windows when densities fell below insecticide spray thresholds. Importantly, environmental factors regulating pest variability were very distinct from factors regulating mean density, suggesting variability needs to be uniquely managed. Finally, we found diversifying landscapes may be a win-win for conservation and farmers, as diversified landscapes promote less abundant and less variable pest populations. Therefore, we encourage agricultural stakeholders to increase complexity of the landscapes surrounding their farms through conserving/restoring natural habitat and/or diversifying crops.

  Key words: variability; pest; landscapes; major; diversifying; farm

  Submit time: 1 January 2021

  Copyright: The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted agriXiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
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