Climate change impacts on pest ecology and risks to pasture resilience

Authors

  • Sarah Mansfield AgResearch
  • Colin Ferguson AgResearch
  • Pip Gerard AgResearch
  • David Hodges DairyNZ
  • John Kean AgResearch
  • Craig Phillips AgResearch
  • Scott Hardwick AgResearch
  • Sue Zydenbos AgResearch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33584/rps.17.2021.3477

Keywords:

agricultural system, biological control, insect, invertebrate

Abstract

It is well understood that damage by insect pests can have serious consequences for pasture resilience. However, the impacts of climate change on pastoral systems, the responses of insect pests, and implications for pest impact mitigation are unclear. This paper reviews pest responses to climate change, including direct impacts such as temperature and carbon dioxide levels, geographic range expansion, sleeper pests, and outbreaks resulting from disturbance such as drought and farm system changes. The paper concludes with a plea for transdisciplinary research into pasture resilience under climate change that has insect pests as an integral component – not as an afterthought.

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Published

2021-10-22

How to Cite

Mansfield, S., Ferguson, C., Gerard, P., Hodges, D., Kean, J., Phillips, C., Hardwick, S., & Zydenbos, S. (2021). Climate change impacts on pest ecology and risks to pasture resilience. NZGA: Research and Practice Series, 17, 123–138. https://doi.org/10.33584/rps.17.2021.3477

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Section

Resilient Pastures Symposium 2021

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