Invertebrate and Plant Community Diversity of an Illinois Corn–Soybean Field with Integrated Shrub Willow Bioenergy Buffers

Zumpf, Colleen; Quinn, John; Cacho, Jules; Grasse, Nora; Negri, Maria Cristina; Lee, DoKyoung

doi:10.3390/su132112280

Title: Invertebrate and Plant Community Diversity of an Illinois Corn–Soybean Field with Integrated Shrub Willow Bioenergy Buffers

Journal Article · Sun Nov 07 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Sustainability (Basel)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/su132112280· OSTI ID:1829308

Zumpf, Colleen ^[1];

^[1]; Cacho, Jules ^[1]; Grasse, Nora ^[1]; Negri, Maria Cristina ^[1]; Lee, DoKyoung ^[2]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

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.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1829308

Journal Information:: Sustainability (Basel), Vol. 13, Issue 21; ISSN 2071-1050

Publisher:: MDPICopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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