Effects of shade-tree species and crop structure on the winter arthropod and bird communities in a Jamaican shade coffee plantation

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-145

  Johnson, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Coffee plantations; Food; Inga; Insects; Jamaica; Migratory birds; Seasonality; Shade; Shade coffee

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; AVIFAUNA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

JAMAICA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INGA; INGA VERA; INSECTA; PSEUDALBIZIA; PSEUDALBIZIA BERTEROANA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 0034093392     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00456.x     Document Type: Article

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