The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance
Bee populations are declining due to agricultural expansion, habitat loss, and diseases such as nosemosis caused by microsporidian Vairimorpha spp. We evaluate how agricultural intensification affects the abundance of wild (Augochloropsis spp.) and managed (Apis mellifera) bees and how landscape mod...
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| author | Pérez Lagleyze, Ignacio Tous, Alba Tizon, Francisco Rodrigo Torretta, Juan Pablo Alda, Pilar Marrero, Hugo Javier |
| author_browse | Alda, Pilar Marrero, Hugo Javier Pérez Lagleyze, Ignacio Tizon, Francisco Rodrigo Torretta, Juan Pablo Tous, Alba |
| author_facet | Pérez Lagleyze, Ignacio Tous, Alba Tizon, Francisco Rodrigo Torretta, Juan Pablo Alda, Pilar Marrero, Hugo Javier |
| author_sort | Pérez Lagleyze, Ignacio |
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| description | Bee populations are declining due to agricultural expansion, habitat loss, and diseases such as nosemosis caused by microsporidian Vairimorpha spp. We evaluate how agricultural intensification affects the abundance of wild (Augochloropsis spp.) and managed (Apis mellifera) bees and how landscape modification impacts bee health quality by altering their susceptibility to be infected by Vairimorpha spp. Bees were collected using pan traps in nine fields with varying management intensities from Argentina, while landscape management intensity was assessed using satellite imagery for each field. We found the abundance of one wild bee species increases as the proportion of landscapes with low intensity management increases. Vairimorpha spores were only found in managed bees. We also found that prevalence of Vairimorpha increases as the proportion of intensive management increases. Our results suggest that agricultural intensification negatively impacts the abundance of wild bee populations and makes managed bees more susceptible to Vairimorpha spp. infection. |
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| spelling | INTA218342025-03-26T16:46:11Z The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance Pérez Lagleyze, Ignacio Tous, Alba Tizon, Francisco Rodrigo Torretta, Juan Pablo Alda, Pilar Marrero, Hugo Javier Apidae Bee Colonies Intensification Habitat Loss Vairimorpha Agriculture Colonia de Abejas Intensificación Pérdida de Hábitat Agricultura Nosemosis Bee populations are declining due to agricultural expansion, habitat loss, and diseases such as nosemosis caused by microsporidian Vairimorpha spp. We evaluate how agricultural intensification affects the abundance of wild (Augochloropsis spp.) and managed (Apis mellifera) bees and how landscape modification impacts bee health quality by altering their susceptibility to be infected by Vairimorpha spp. Bees were collected using pan traps in nine fields with varying management intensities from Argentina, while landscape management intensity was assessed using satellite imagery for each field. We found the abundance of one wild bee species increases as the proportion of landscapes with low intensity management increases. Vairimorpha spores were only found in managed bees. We also found that prevalence of Vairimorpha increases as the proportion of intensive management increases. Our results suggest that agricultural intensification negatively impacts the abundance of wild bee populations and makes managed bees more susceptible to Vairimorpha spp. infection. EEA Bordenave Fil: Pérez Lagleyze, Ignacio. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas; Argentina Fil: Pérez Lagleyze, Ignacio. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia; Argentina Fil: Tous, Alba. Universidad de Barcelona. Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales; España Fil: Tizón, Rodrigo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bordenave; Argentina Fil: Torretta, Juan. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Torretta, Juan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Alda, Pilar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de Las Zonas Semiáridas; Argentina Fil: Marrero, Hugo Javier. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas (LIBA); Argentina. Fil: Marrero, Hugo Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas; Argentina Fil: Marrero, Hugo Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: Marrero, Hugo Javier. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina 2025-03-26T16:35:31Z 2025-03-26T16:35:31Z 2025-02-17 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21834 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-025-01155-2 1297-9678 (online) 0044-8435 (print) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-025-01155-2 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Apidologie 56 : article number 27 (17 February 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Apidae Bee Colonies Intensification Habitat Loss Vairimorpha Agriculture Colonia de Abejas Intensificación Pérdida de Hábitat Agricultura Nosemosis Pérez Lagleyze, Ignacio Tous, Alba Tizon, Francisco Rodrigo Torretta, Juan Pablo Alda, Pilar Marrero, Hugo Javier The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance |
| title | The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance |
| title_full | The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance |
| title_fullStr | The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance |
| title_short | The impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance |
| title_sort | impact of agricultural intensification on bee health and abundance |
| topic | Apidae Bee Colonies Intensification Habitat Loss Vairimorpha Agriculture Colonia de Abejas Intensificación Pérdida de Hábitat Agricultura Nosemosis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21834 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-025-01155-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-025-01155-2 |
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