@article{96fbf0ad3a4a4ad192dad78a6db3fac9,
title = "Invertebrate and Plant Community Diversity of an Illinois Corn–Soybean Field with Integrated Shrub Willow Bioenergy Buffers",
abstract = "Perennial bioenergy crop production within intensively managed agricultural landscapes has the potential to improve the sustainability, resiliency, and diversity of these landscapes. Perennial crops are ideal because of their high production potential on marginal lands relative to grain crops (e.g., corn and soybean) and their ability to provide additional ecosystem service benefits. When agricultural landscapes are designed to target specific services, determining the non-targeted services of perennial bioenergy crops can further promote their adoption. This 3-year study addresses this proposition by evaluating the canopy invertebrates and understory plant (non-target crop) communities using bee bowls and point measurement of ground coverage, respectively, within a grain field integrated with shrub willow buffer systems designed for nutrient loss reduction. Greater plant diversity and richness were observed under willow than under grain, resembling that of the surrounding riparian community with more perennial, native species. However, the same relationship did not hold true for invertebrates, with seasonality having a significant influence resulting in similar communities observed in willow and grain plots. The presence of unique plant and invertebrate species in both willow and grain crops as well as foraging pollinators on both crop and non-target crop species highlights the importance of habitat heterogeneity for supporting biodiversity and the potential benefits of buffer bioenergy landscape designs.",
keywords = "Biodiversity, Bioenergy crops, Ecosystem services, Integrated cropping system, Native plants, Pollinators",
author = "Colleen Zumpf and Quinn, {John J.} and Jules Cacho and Nora Grasse and Negri, {Maria Cristina} and DoKyoung Lee",
note = "Funding Information: The research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), under Award No. DE-EE0022598. The submitted manuscript has been created by UChicago Argonne, LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory (?Argonne?). Argonne, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science laboratory, is operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. The U.S. Government retains for itself, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in said article to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan: https://www.energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan. Funding Information: Funding: The research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), under Award No. DE-EE0022598. The submitted manuscript has been created by UChicago Argonne, LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory (“Argonne”). Argonne, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science laboratory, is operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. The U.S. Government retains for itself, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in said article to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan: https://www.energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3390/su132112280",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "13",
journal = "Sustainability",
issn = "2071-1050",
publisher = "MDPI AG",
number = "21",
}