The effects of agroforestry and conventional banana plantations on multiple dimensions of butterfly diversity in the Atlantic forest

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dc.contributor.authorRossato, Dirleane O.en
dc.contributor.authorIserhard, Cristiano A.en
dc.contributor.authorNakamura, Gabrielen
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Leandroen
dc.contributor.authorNadeau, Nicolaen
dc.contributor.funderNatural Environment Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderCoordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superioren
dc.contributor.funderMinistério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovaçõesen
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-13T08:54:26Z
dc.date.available2025-05-13T08:54:26Z
dc.date.issued2025en
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental changes, particularly in agriculture, contribute significantly to biodiversity loss, with habitat fragmentation hindering dispersal and reducing biological diversity. Specific land uses can confine evolutionary groups to certain areas, decreasing local genetic and phylogenetic diversity but potentially increasing them at a larger spatial scale. Utilising genetic information at the population level, along with richness, phylogenetic and composition data at the community level, offers a comprehensive understanding of agriculture’s impact on biodiversity. In this study, we compared the effects of conventional and agroforestry banana plantations on butterflies’ dispersal and diversity relative to native forests. Analysing ddRAD genomic data from Heliconius ethilla narcaea at the population level and assessing richness, abundance, phylogenetic and species diversity of the Nymphalidae family at the community level, we found that agroforestry plantations exhibited the highest butterfly abundance and maintained the rarest genetic groups from H. ethilla narcaea. These genetic groups appeared in both native forests and agroforestry areas, more often in native forests, but were absent in conventional plantations despite evidence for extensive genetic dispersal. Regarding species composition, both banana plantations shared similar species but differed from the native forest, which contained a distinct and phylogenetically clustered group of species, possibly due to its unique microhabitat conditions and more complex structure. The presence of the rarest genetic groups in the population and the occurrence of distinct biological species emphasise the critical role of native forests within an anthropogenic landscape. Agroforestry demonstrates the potential to sustain biodiversity alongside food production.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Environment Research Council (Science of the Environment NBAF Grant 1058/2017; MCTIC/CNPq (proc. 465610/2014-5). Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) fellowship); Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovações (Productivity Fellowship Grant 307886/2015-8).en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationRossato, D. O., Iserhard, C. A., Nakamura, G., Duarte, L. and Nadeau, N. (2025) 'The effects of agroforestry and conventional banana plantations on multiple dimensions of butterfly diversity in the Atlantic Forest', Biodiversity and Conservation, pp.1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-025-03075-0en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10531-025-03075-0en
dc.identifier.issn9603115en
dc.identifier.journaltitleBiodiversity and Conservationen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/17454
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.en
dc.rights© 2025, the Author(s). Open Accessen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectddRADen
dc.subjectMicroevolutionen
dc.subjectPesticide useen
dc.subjectPhylogenetic relationshipen
dc.titleThe effects of agroforestry and conventional banana plantations on multiple dimensions of butterfly diversity in the Atlantic foresten
dc.typeArticle (peer reviewed)en
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