Arboreal ant abundance and leaf miner damage in coffee agroecosystems in Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 742-746

  De La Mora, Aldo ^a   Livingston, George ^b   Philpott, Stacy M ^c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Azteca instabilis; Biodiversity and ecosystem service; Biological control; Chiapas; Leucoptera coffeella; Twig nesting ant species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROCHEMICAL; AGROFORESTRY; ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COFFEE; CROP DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLY; PEST OUTBREAK; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASP;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AGROMYZIDAE; AZTECA INSTABILIS; FORMICIDAE; INGA; LEUCOPTERA COFFEELLA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 54249167067     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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