Beetle (coleoptera) and spider (araneae) diversity in a mosaic of farmland, edge, and tropical forest habitats in western Costa Rica

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-160

  Banks, John E ^a   Sandvik, Patti ^a   Keesecker, Levi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Habitat heterogeneity; S rensen quantitative similarity index; Simpson's diversity index; Tropical agroecosystem; Tropical humid forest

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; COSTA (OSTRACODE);

EID: 34447281294     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3956/0031-0603-83.2.152     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Banks, J. E. 1998. The scale of landscape fragmentation influences herbivore response to vegetation heterogeneity. Oecologia 117:236-246.
2. Banks, J. E. 1999. Differential response of two agroecosystem predators, Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), to habitat composition and fragmentation scale manipulations. The Canadian Entomologist 131:645-658.
3. Banks, J. E. 2000. Effects of weedy field margins on Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in a broccoli agroecosystem. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 76(2):95-101.
4. Banks, J. E. 2004. Divided culture: integrating agriculture and conservation biology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2:537-545.
5. Bohac, J. 1999. Staphylinid beetles as indicators. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 74:357-372.
6. Bommarco, R. & J. E. Banks. 2003. Scale as modifier in vegetation diversity experiments: effects on herbivores and predators. Oikos 102:440-448.
7. Bommarco, R. & W. F. Fagan. 2002. Influence of habitat edges on predator dispersal in agricultural landscapes:a diffusion approach. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 3:1-11.
8. th Edition. Harcourt Brace College Publishers, San Diego, CA, xiv + 875 pp.
9. Cantrell, S., C. Cosner & W. F. Fagan. 2001. Brucellosis, botflies, and brainworms: the influences of habitat edges on host-pathogen interactions. Journal of Mathematical Biology 42:95-119.
10. Clough, Y., A. Kruess, D. Kleijn & T. Tscharntke. 2005. Spider diversity in cereal fields: comparing factors at local, landscape, and regional scales. Journal of Biogeography 32:2007-2014.
11. Costello, M. J. & K. M. Daane. 1998. Influence of ground cover on spider populations in a table grape vineyard. Ecological Entomology 23:33-40.
12. Daily, G. C., P. R. Ehrlich & G. A. Sanchez-Azofeifa. 2001. Countryside biogeography: use of human-dominated habitats by the avifauna of southern Costa Rica. Ecological Applications 11:1-13.
13. Daily, G., G. Ceballos, J. Pacheco, G. Suzán & A. Sánchez-Azofeifa. 2003. Countryside biogeography of neotropical mammals: Unusual persistence of species in agricultural landscapes of Costa Rica. Conservation Biology 17:1814-1826.
14. De Marco, P. & F. Coelho. 2004. Services performed by the ecosystem: forest remnants influence agricultural cultures' pollination and production. Biodiversity and Conservation 13:1245-1255.
15. Fagan, W. F., R. S. Cantrell & C. Cosner. 1999. How habitat edges change species interactions. American Naturalist 153:165-182.
16. Foord, S. H., J. W. H. Fergurson & A. S. Van Jaarsveld. 2003. Coleopteran assemblages in afromontane grasslands reflect fine-scale variation in vegetation. Environmental Entomology 32:797-806.
17. Goehring, D. M., G. C. Daily & C. H. Sekercioglu. 2002. Distribution of ground-dwelling arthropods in tropical countryside habitats. Journal of Insect Conservation 6:83-91.
18. Guindon, C. F. 1996. The importance of forest fragments to the maintenance of regional biodiversity in Costa Rica, pp. 168-186. In: J. Schelhas & R. Greenberg (Eds.). Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes. Island Press, Washington, D.C., xxxvi + 426 pp.
19. Horner-Devine, M. C., G. C. Daily, P. R. Ehrlich & C. L. Boggs. 2003. Countryside biogeography of tropical butterflies. Conservation Biology 17:168-177.
20. Hughes, J. B., G. C. Daily & P. R. Ehrlich. 2002. Conservation of tropical forest birds in countryside habitats. Ecology Letters 5:121-129.
21. Irwin, M. E., L. R. Nault, C. Godoy & G. E. Kampmeier. 2000. Diversity and movement patterns of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) in a heterogeneous tropical landscape, pp. 141-168. In: B. Ekbom, M. Irwin & Y. Robert (Eds.). Interchanges of Insects between Agricultural and Surrounding Landscapes. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, ix + 239 pp.
22. Isaia, M., F. Bona & C. Badino. 2006. Influence of landscape diversity and agricultural practices on spider assemblage in Italian vineyards of Langa Astigiana (northwest Italy). Environmental Entomology 35:297-307.
23. Jackson, D. L. & L. L. Jackson. 2002. The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems. Island Press, Washington, D.C., xii + 297 pp.
24. Kaston, B. J. 1972. How to Know the Spiders. William C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa, x + 289 pp.
25. Landis, D. A., S. D. Wratten & G. M. Gurr. 2000. Habitat management to conserve natural enemies of arthropod pests in agriculture. Annual Review of Entomology 45:175-201.
26. Levi, H. W. & L. R. Levi. 1968. Spiders and Their Kin. Golden Press, N.Y., 166 pp.
27. Magurran, A. 2004. Measuring Biological Diversity. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK, viii + 256 pp.
28. Marc, P. & A. Canard. 1997. Maintaining spider biodiversity in agroecosystems as a tool in pest control. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 62:229-235.
29. Marc, P., A. Canard & F. Ysnel. 1999. Spiders (Araneae) useful for pest limitation and bioindication. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 74:229-273.
30. Matlock, R. B. Jr., D. Rogers, P. J. Edwards & S. G. Martin. 2002. Avian communities in forest fragments and reforestation areas associated with banana plantations in Costa Rica. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 91:199-215.
31. Naughton-Treves, L. & N. Salafsky. 2004. Wildlife conservation in agroforestry buffer zones: opportunities and conflict, pp. 319-345. In: G. Schroth, A. B. da Fonseca, C. A. Harvey, C. Gascon, H. L. Vasconcelos & A. N. Izac (Eds.). Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes. Island Press, Washington D.C., xii + 523 pp.
32. Ricketts, T. H., G. C. Daily, P. R. Ehrlich & J. P. Fay. 2001. Countryside biogeography of moths in a fragmented landscape: biodiversity in native and agricultural habitats. Conservation Biology 15:378-388.
33. Samu, F., K. D. Sunderland & C. Szinetar. 1999. Scale-dependent dispersal and distribution patterns of spiders in agricultural systems: a review. Journal of Arachnology 27:325-332.
34. Samu, F. & C. Szinetar. 2002. On the nature of agrobiont spiders. Journal of Arachnology 30:389-402.
35. Sandino, J. C. 2004. Are there any agricultural effects on the capture rates of male euglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini)? Revista de Biologia Tropical 52:115-118.
36. Schultz, C. B. & E. E. Crone. 2001. Edge-mediated dispersal behavior in a prairie butterfly. Ecology 82:1879-1892.
37. Sokal, R. R. & F. J. Rohlf. 2000. Biometry. Freeman, New York, xiv + 199 pp.
38. Solis, A. 2002. Costa Rica Beetles: the Most Common Families and Subfamilies. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Santa Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica, 132 pp.
39. Stouffer, P. C. & R. O. Bierregaard, Jr. 1995. Use of Amazonian forest fragments by understory insectivorous birds. Ecology 76:138-146.
40. Sunderland, K. & F. Samu. 2000. Effects of agricultural diversification on the abundance, distribution, and pest control potential of spiders: a review. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 95:1-13.
41. Thies, C. & T. Tscharntke. 1999. Landscape structure and biological control in agroecosystems. Science 285:893-895.
42. Thorbek, P. & C. J. Topping. 2005. The influence of landscape diversity and heterogeneity on spatial dynamics of agrobiont linyphiid spiders: an individual-based model. BioControl 50:1-33.
43. Tonhasca, A. Jr. & D. A. Byrne. 1994. The effects of crop diversification on herbivorous insects: a meta-analysis approach. Ecological Entomology 19:239-244.