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The use of artificial habitats increases spider abundance and richness in a vineyard of Argentina

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Maintaining biodiversity in agricultural systems is essential, as it plays a key role in ecosystem services provision. However, it is declining at an unprecedented rate. Several methods can contribute to increasing species diversity in agroecosystems, including the use of artificial microhabitats. Studies focusing on biodiversity in vineyards have been carried out recently, mainly in Europe and North America, but are scarce in South America. In this study, we investigate whether introduced environmental variability and habitat complexity, using corrugated cardboard bands, enhances spider abundance and diversity in vineyards. Spiders were collected from grapevine plants, using two collecting methods (foliage beating and direct collection). Plants with and without cardboard bands (N = 30) were sampled in three different phenological stages of the vineyard (veraison, maturity and postharvest). Overall, we collected 904 spiders belonging to 35 species. We found that spider abundance and species richness significantly increased with cardboard bands. In addition, we identified particular species that prefer cardboard bands to build their shelters. Results suggest that cost-effective habitat manipulation can increase spider abundance in vineyards, which implies higher biodiversity conservation value and potential for improving biological control.

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We thank two anonymous reviewers and the editor for their helpful comments that greatly improved the manuscript. We would like to thank Bruno Alzugaray for his help in the field. This study was supported by grant SIIP TIPO 1 (A109) provided by Universidad Nacional de Cuyo to EA.

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  1. Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La República, Iguá 4225, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Gabriel Pompozzi

  2. Laboratorio de Entomología, IADIZA (CCT CONICET- Mendoza), Mendoza, Argentina

    Sofía Copperi, Florencia Fernández Campón & Susana Lagos Silnik

  3. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

    Florencia Fernández Campón

  4. Instituto de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

    Sol García, Agustina Peralta & Eduardo Albrecht

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Pompozzi, G., Copperi, S., Fernández Campón, F. et al. The use of artificial habitats increases spider abundance and richness in a vineyard of Argentina. BioControl 66, 217–226 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-020-10056-5

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