TY - JOUR AU - Goijman, Andrea P. AU - Conroy, Michael J. AU - Varni, Vanina D. AU - Thompson, Jeffrey J. AU - Zaccagnini, María Elena PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/07 TI - Occupancy of avian foraging guilds in soybean fields and borders in Entre Ríos, Argentina: responses to vegetation structure and prey resources JO - Avian Research SP - 48 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Reconciling agriculture and biodiversity conservation is a challenge given the growing demand for agricultural products. In recent decades, Argentina has witnessed agricultural expansion and intensification affecting biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Within agroecosystems, the level of habitat quality is critical for birds, and may depend on vegetation structure, availability of invertebrate prey, and the use of pesticides. Although the relationship between vegetation structure and avian occurrence has been widely studied, to our knowledge, there are no studies that also incorporate prey availability throughout the cycle of soybean crops in Argentina. We estimated and predicted the effects of land cover and temporal variation on the occurrence of avian foraging guilds in Entre Ríos, Argentina, in order to guide management related to potential ecosystem services provided by birds. We also estimated temporal effects of vegetation structure and insecticides on the main arthropod orders consumed by birds to evaluate prey availability. SN - 2053-7166 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00235-4 DO - 10.1186/s40657-020-00235-4 ID - Goijman2020 ER -