The importance of ants and high-shade management to coffee pollination and fruit weight in Chiapas, Mexico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 487-501

  Philpott, Stacy M ^a,c   Uno, Shinsuke ^a   Maldonado, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffea arabica; Ecosystem services; Pollinator and ant diversity; Shade management system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; COFFEE; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; COFFEA ARABICA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33644952183     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-0602-1     Document Type: Article

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