Birds as predators in tropical agroforestry systems

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 928-934

  Van Bael, Sunshine A ^a   Philpott, Stacy M ^b,f   Greenberg, Russell ^b   Bichier, Peter ^b   Barber, Nicholas A ^c   Mooney, Kailen A ^d   Gruner, Daniel S ^e,g  

^a APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^g Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Birds; Insectivory; Meta analysis; Top down; Trophic interactions; Tropical ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGROFORESTRY; ARTHROPOD; BIRD; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INSECTIVORE; INSECTIVORY; META-ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CACAO; COFFEE; FORESTRY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CACAO; COFFEA; FORESTRY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 42949128217     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1976.1     Document Type: Article

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