02753naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400520006010000150011224501900012726000090031752018630032665000160218965000170220565000230222265000120224565300360225765300210229370000240231470000200233870000250235870000190238370000200240277300650242221674792024-09-19       2024    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.1091622DOI1 aMARINS, G.  aThrough the green mosaicbdifferent tropical vegetation types have complementary effects on parasitoid diversity and biological control in organic agroecosystems.h[electronic resource]  c2024  aLand use change threaten global biodiversity, impacting ecosystem services, especially in diverse tropical regions. Yet, biodiversity conservation does not guarantee ecosystem services provision, given species' variable responses to local and landscape factors. Here, we evaluate how the landscape and local resources affect parasitoid diversity and aphid biological control in a tropical organic crop. Locally, we compared parasitoid communities within the crops and on adjacent non-crop plant strips and evaluated the effect of flower resource abundance on parasitoid diversity. At the landscape scale, we analyzed the effect of natural areas and their specific vegetational types on parasitoid diversity and the scale of these effects. Finally, we evaluated the relationship between biodiversity and biological control. Non-crop plant strips had higher parasitoid species richness and abundance than the crops, but similar species composition. Flower resource abundance in the non-crop strips negatively affected parasitoid richness. Natural areas in the landscape benefited parasitoid richness at a close range (0.42 km) and reduced parasitoid abundance at a wider scale (1.75 km). Forests and savannas increased parasitoid richness and reduced abundance, while grasslands drive parasitoid abundance and may disrupt species richness. Savannah areas, where trees and grasses coexist boosted the positive effects of forests on species richness and of grasslands on abundance. Parasitoid species richness benefited biological control exclusively in communities with intermediate and high number of parasitoid species. Our findings show that natural vegetation types with different wood densities have complementary effects in parasitoid diversity in tropical agroecosystems and represent a useful baseline for development of management and zoning plans.  aAgroecology  aBiodiversity  aEcosystem services  aTropics  aConservation biological control  aScale dependency1 aAQUINO, M. F. S. de1 aSILVA, A. C. da1 aQUEIROZ, H. A. C. de1 aLAUMANN, R. A.1 aTOGNI, P. H. B.  tAgriculture, Ecosystems & Environmentgv. 374, 109162, 2024.