Dynamics of Plant-Insect pollinator interaction - CITA-A

extrapolate that traditional products made from raw milk and ripening for a long period
will consequently have a higher concentration of CLA than their counterparts.
Keywords: CLA, Processing, Pasteurization, Thermization, Ripening, dairy products
DYNAMICS OF PLANT-INSECT POLLINATOR INTERACTION
NETWORKS IN AZORES: EVALUATION OF AN ECOSYSTEM
SERVICE
Ana Picanço1,*, François Rigal1, Pedro Cardoso1,2 & Paulo A. V. Borges1
1Azorean Biodiversity Group (ABG, CITA-A) and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological
Research & Sustainability (PEERS), Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, University of the Azores, Rua
Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
2Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
* e-mail: [email protected]
A classical example of an ecosystem service is pollination, with an important economic
value. It has been postulated that endemic super generalists are the key pollinators on
islands. However, based on current knowledge on the proportion of exotic species in
Azores, we hypothesize that the local pollination networks are instead dominated by
introduced generalist pollinators in most habitats. For this purpose we focus upon two
goals: i) the variation in the structure and dynamics of pollination interaction networks
on land-uses varying in disturbance levels, area and habitats fragmentation, and ii)
quantify these general relationships and identify specific pollinator functional groups,
such as indigenous or exotic specialists or super-generalists. To achieve these goals, we
will perform field observations in 5 types of habitats, measure link strength and
diversity of the plant-pollinator interaction, evaluate the relative contribution of native
and exotic pollinators for the overall pollination network structure, evaluate the
importance of natural habitats as a source of native pollinators for both native plants and
crop production and quantify the evidence of pollination services at the island landscape
scale.
Applications: With this contribution we hope to model the effect of both introduced
plants and insects on the local pollination networks and develop appropriate
conservation strategies for island ecosystems. This study will help the government to
create good agro-environmental measures in the development of agricultural policy and
management, contribute to the valuation of pollination services and to the island
landscape planning.
Keywords: ecosystem, fragmentation, generalists, mutualistic, networks and ecosystem
services.
LABORATÓRIO DE PAISAGEM DAS FURNAS – PROJETO DE
RECUPERAÇÃO ECOLÓGICA E PAISAGÍSTICA DA BACIA
HIDROGRÁFICA DA LAGOA DAS FURNAS – PRÉMIO NACIONAL
DA PAISAGEM 2012
Miguel Ferreira & Malgorzata Pietrzak
Sociedade de Gestão Ambiental e Conservação da Natureza - Azorina, S.A. ([email protected],
[email protected])
A intensificação da produção de leite nas últimas décadas conduziu a Lagoa das Furnas
à eutrofização. Para recuperar a qualidade da água desta lagoa foi aprovado o Plano de
Ordenamento da Bacia Hidrográfica da lagoa das Furnas (POBHLF), que almejava uma
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