Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops [Dataset]

The study was conducted in 17 persimmon and 16 citrus orchards in Eastern Spain. In each orchard, nine trees were sampled across three seasons: late spring, mid-summer, and mid-autumn. For each tree and sampling date, we counted and identified the mealybugs present in 120 leaves (30 per cardinal dir...

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Main Authors: Plata, Ángel, Tena, Alejandro, Beitia, Francisco J., Sousa, José Paulo, Paredes, Daniel
Format: dataset
Language:Inglés
Published: Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8759
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author Plata, Ángel
Tena, Alejandro
Beitia, Francisco J.
Sousa, José Paulo
Paredes, Daniel
author2 Plata, Ángel
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Paredes, Daniel
Plata, Ángel
Sousa, José Paulo
Tena, Alejandro
author_facet Plata, Ángel
Plata, Ángel
Tena, Alejandro
Beitia, Francisco J.
Sousa, José Paulo
Paredes, Daniel
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description The study was conducted in 17 persimmon and 16 citrus orchards in Eastern Spain. In each orchard, nine trees were sampled across three seasons: late spring, mid-summer, and mid-autumn. For each tree and sampling date, we counted and identified the mealybugs present in 120 leaves (30 per cardinal direction), 40 fruits (10 per cardinal direction), and the trunk surface (from ground level to 50 cm height). All observed mealybugs were identified up to the species level. The number of parasitized mealybugs was recorded. Local and landscape heterogeneity were characterized based on the vegetation cover within the plots and the proportion of land use types in the landscape surrounding the plots, respectively. On each sampling date and plot, we assessed the ground cover of spontaneous vegetation, assigning values between 0 and 6 based on the percentage of ground covered by vegetation. We characterized the landscape around sampled plots using Geographic Information System of Agricultural Plots (SIGPAC) for 2020 and 2021. To calculate the surrounding land use proportions for each plot, we assigned varying weights to landscape patches based on their proximity to the sampling location using two different Gaussian decay functions.
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spelling ReDivia87592025-04-25T14:55:04Z Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops [Dataset] Plata, Ángel Tena, Alejandro Beitia, Francisco J. Sousa, José Paulo Paredes, Daniel Plata, Ángel Diversity Ecosystem services H10 Pests of plants Biological control invasive species Landscape The study was conducted in 17 persimmon and 16 citrus orchards in Eastern Spain. In each orchard, nine trees were sampled across three seasons: late spring, mid-summer, and mid-autumn. For each tree and sampling date, we counted and identified the mealybugs present in 120 leaves (30 per cardinal direction), 40 fruits (10 per cardinal direction), and the trunk surface (from ground level to 50 cm height). All observed mealybugs were identified up to the species level. The number of parasitized mealybugs was recorded. Local and landscape heterogeneity were characterized based on the vegetation cover within the plots and the proportion of land use types in the landscape surrounding the plots, respectively. On each sampling date and plot, we assessed the ground cover of spontaneous vegetation, assigning values between 0 and 6 based on the percentage of ground covered by vegetation. We characterized the landscape around sampled plots using Geographic Information System of Agricultural Plots (SIGPAC) for 2020 and 2021. To calculate the surrounding land use proportions for each plot, we assigned varying weights to landscape patches based on their proximity to the sampling location using two different Gaussian decay functions. This dataset is associated to the published paper “Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops”. This study tested whether habitat heterogeneity at local and landscape scales reduces the abundance of invasive mealybug species in subtropical crops from Spain. The dataset gathers information on the abundance of mealybugs and their parasitism. In addition, data related to the habitat is collected at both local and landscape levels. 2023-12-15T08:06:07Z 2023-12-15T08:06:07Z 2023-12-15 dataset https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8759 10.58582/redivia.8759 en Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) electronico
spellingShingle Diversity
Ecosystem services
H10 Pests of plants
Biological control
invasive species
Landscape
Plata, Ángel
Tena, Alejandro
Beitia, Francisco J.
Sousa, José Paulo
Paredes, Daniel
Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops [Dataset]
title Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops [Dataset]
title_full Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops [Dataset]
title_fullStr Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops [Dataset]
title_full_unstemmed Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops [Dataset]
title_short Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops [Dataset]
title_sort habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops dataset
topic Diversity
Ecosystem services
H10 Pests of plants
Biological control
invasive species
Landscape
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8759
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