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T A B L E 1 in Fruit production in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) crops is enhanced by the behaviour of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

T A B L E 1 Relationship of management type (conventional and agroecological) on the diversity of floral visitors (abundance and Chao-1) and the most abundant floral visitors. Values in bold are those that were found to be statistically significant.

F I G U R E 1 in Fruit production in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) crops is enhanced by the behaviour of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

F I G U R E 1 Location of all study sites. The map shows location of the study sites in the central and south-western regions of Guatemala, where pollination experiments and pollinator observations were performed. Blue crosses represent conventional sites, and lilac crosses represent agroecological sites.

F I G U R E 3 in Fruit production in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) crops is enhanced by the behaviour of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

F I G U R E 3 Relationship between the weight of fruits and (a) the percentage of Apis mellifera that carried pollen (PolTran) on their legs/bodies. Relationship between fruit set and (b) nectary, the percentage of P. bilineata observed touching the nectary of the coffee flowers, and (c) the average number of flowers visited by P. bilineata. Lilac colour is used for agroecological sites 'a', and blue is used for conventional sites 'c'. Shaded lines indicate 95% confidence interval.

F I G U R E 2 in Fruit production in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) crops is enhanced by the behaviour of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

F I G U R E 2 Distribution under conventional (blue) and agroecological (lilac) management of (a) abundance of floral visitors, (b) abundance of A. mellifera and (c) abundance of P. bilineata. The differences between variables considering management were analysed with paired -F-test. *p <0.05.

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Figure 1 in About the nutrition of Cleroclytus semirufus Kraatz, 1884 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) with the exudate of the Fire blight of fruit crops

Figure 1.Cleroclytus semirufus: A - habitus, dorsal view; B - nutrition on the flowers of Spiraea; C, D - feeding on exudate of the bacterium Erwinia amylovora on an apple tree.

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Forest cover and fruit crop size differentially influence frugivory of select rainforest tree species in Western Ghats, India (Part II)

Forest fragmentation and habitat loss are major disruptors of plant–frugivore interactions, affecting seed dispersal and altering recruitment patterns of tree species dependent on vertebrate dispersers. In a heterogeneous production landscape (primarily tea and coffee plantations) in the southern Western Ghats, India, we examined effects of surrounding forest cover and fruit crop size on frugivory of four rainforest bird-dispersed tree species (N = 131 trees, ≥ 30 trees per species, observed for 623 h). Frugivore composition differed among the four tree species with the large-seeded Canarium strictum and Myristica dactyloides exclusively dependent on large-bodied avian frugivores, whereas, medium-seeded Persea macrantha and Heynea trijuga were predominantlyvisited by small-bodied and large-bodied avian frugivores, respectively. Using the seed-dispersal-effectiveness framework, we identified effective frugivores and examined their response to forest cover and fruit crop size. Results were idiosyncratic and governed by plant and frugivore traits. Visitations to medium-seeded Persea had a positive relationship with forest cover but the relationship was negative for the large-seeded Myristica. In addition, two of the three effective frugivores for Persea responded to the interactive effect of forest cover and fruit crop size. Frugivore visitations to Hyenea were not related to forest cover or fruit crop and there were too few visitations to Canarium to discern any trends. These results highlight the context-specific response of plant-frugivore interactions to forest cover and fruit crop size influenced by the plant and frugivore traits.

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Forest cover and fruit crop size differentially influence frugivory of select rainforest tree species in Western Ghats, India (Part I)

Forest fragmentation and habitat loss are major disruptors of plant–frugivore interactions, affecting seed dispersal and altering recruitment patterns of tree species dependent on vertebrate dispersers. In a heterogeneous production landscape (primarily tea and coffee plantations) in the southern Western Ghats, India, we examined effects of surrounding forest cover and fruit crop size on frugivory of four rainforest bird-dispersed tree species (N = 131 trees, ≥ 30 trees per species, observed for 623 h). Frugivore composition differed among the four tree species with the large-seeded Canarium strictum and Myristica dactyloides exclusively dependent on large-bodied avian frugivores, whereas, medium-seeded Persea macrantha and Heynea trijuga were predominantly visited by small-bodied and large-bodied avian frugivores, respectively. Using the seed-dispersal-effectiveness framework, we identified effective frugivores and examined their response to forest cover and fruit crop size. Results were idiosyncratic and governed by plant and frugivore traits. Visitations to medium-seeded Persea had a positive relationship with forest cover but the relationship was negativefor the large-seeded Myristica. In addition, two of the three effective frugivores for Persea responded to the interactive effect of forest cover and fruit crop size. Frugivore visitations to Hyenea were not related to forest cover or fruit crop and there were too few visitations to Canarium to discern any trends. These results highlight the context-specific response of plant-frugivore interactions to forest cover and fruit crop size influenced by the plant and frugivore traits.

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Soil properties and crop yield in fruit orchards under Mediterranean conditions in terms of intercropping, tillage and fertilizer type

This data set contains a data-mining performed to assess the impact of intercropping, tillage and fertilizer type on soil and crop yield in fruit orchards under Mediterranean conditions by a further meta-analysis of the data.  These data correspond to the open-access article "The impact of intercropping, tillage and fertilizer type on soil and crop yield in fruit orchards under Mediterranean conditions: A meta-analysis of field studies" published in Agricultural Systems. (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102736">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102736</a>), funded by he European Commission Horizon 2020 project Diverfarming [grant agreement 728003]. Raúl Zornoza acknowledges the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the “Ramón y Cajal” Program [RYC-2015-18758]..

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Data from: Assessing temperature-based adaptation limits to climate change of temperate perennial fruit crops: Climate input data

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Forest cover and fruit crop size differentially influence frugivory of select rainforest tree species in Western Ghats, India (Part I)

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Functional trait mismatch between native and introduced bee pollinators servicing a global fruit crop

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Forest cover and fruit crop size differentially influence frugivory of select rainforest tree species in Western Ghats, India (Part II)

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Data from: Natural vegetation benefits synergistic control of the three main insect and pathogen pests of fruit crop in southern Africa

1. Most studies of the potential for natural habitat to improve agricultural productivity have been conducted in transformed, temperate regions, but little is known of the importance of agroecosystem services in biodiverse developing countries. 2. Natural vegetation may promote the density and/or diversity of natural enemies of crop pests, but the strength of the effect varies, and few studies directly measure concurrent impacts on pest density. Considering multiple pest species within the same agroecosystem may help explain why some pests are more affected than others by landscape complexity. Here, we investigated multiple pest species (three species of Tephritidae fruit fly, leaf galling flies and pathogenic fungi Fusarium spp.) and their enemies in cultivated mango Mangifera indica, in north-eastern South Africa. 3. The density of generalist Tephritidae fruit flies increased with distance from natural vegetation during harvesting months, and predation rate of pupae sharply decreased from ~50% at the edge with natural vegetation to 0% at 250 m into the crop. Parasitism rates of the cryptic, gall-forming fly increased with proximity to natural vegetation, but pest density was unrelated to distance from natural vegetation. Incidence of the fungal pathogen disease increased with distance from natural vegetation, possibly due to decreased predation of commensal mites. 4. Although the relationship with distance to natural vegetation was significant for all species considered, the strength of this relationship varied across pest species and type of natural enemy studied, suggesting the benefits of natural vegetation depend on each natural enemy species' ability to disperse into the agricultural environment. 5. Synthesis and applications. Our results suggest that natural vegetation is a net source of natural enemies in a region of South Africa that still contains much of its natural biodiversity. However, the decline in natural enemies, and increase in pests, with distance from natural habitat indicates that this biocontrol is limited by natural enemy dispersal. In landscapes like these that are still dominated by natural habitat, conservation biocontrol can still be improved by management aimed at providing corridors of key plants and habitat elements into the crops, to facilitate natural enemy dispersal.

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Fig. 3 in Nocturnal floral scent profiles of Myrtaceae fruit crops

Fig. 3. Relative amounts of monoterpenoids, and aliphatic and aromatic compounds in the scents of the studied species of Myrtaceae. N-containing and unknown compounds were not listed as they only occurred in trace amounts. * Data of C. phaea are from Cordeiro et al. (2017).

Fig. 2 in Nocturnal floral scent profiles of Myrtaceae fruit crops

Fig. 2. Number of compounds trapped for the studied species of Myrtaceae. Different letters indicate significant differences among species (Kruskall-Wallis ANOVA followed by post hoc tests). * Data of C. phaea are from Cordeiro et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 in Nocturnal floral scent profiles of Myrtaceae fruit crops

Fig. 1. Total absolute amount of scent (ng of scent per hour and per flower) trapped from the studied species of Myrtaceae. Different letters indicate significant differences among species (Kruskall-Wallis ANOVA followed by post hoc tests). * Data of C. phaea are from Cordeiro et al. (2017).

Fig. 4 in Nocturnal floral scent profiles of Myrtaceae fruit crops

Fig. 4. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) used to display semiquantitative differences in scent profiles among scent samples collected from the ten studied species of Myrtaceae.