Ecological and economic services provided by birds on Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farms

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1177-1185

  Kellermann, Jherime L ^a   Johnson, Matthew D ^a   Stercho, Amy M ^a   Hackett, Steven C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee berry borer; Coffee farms; Ecosystem services; Hypothenemus hampei; Jamaican coffee; Pest control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIRD; COFFEE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT LOSS; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIRD; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; JAMAICA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COFFEE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; JAMAICA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLUE MOUNTAINS [JAMAICA]; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

AVES; HEXAPODA; HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI;

EID: 52649173169     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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