Nest-site limitation in coffee agroecosystems: Artificial nests maintain diversity of arboreal ants

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1478-1485

  Philpott, Stacy M ^a,b   Foster, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Biological control; Chiapas, Mexico; Coffee agroecosystem; Nest site limitation; Recruitment limitation; Twig nesting ants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LAND MANAGEMENT; NEST SITE;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 23044463713     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1496     Document Type: Article

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