Greater predation in shaded coffee farms: The role of resident neotropical birds

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2677-2681

  Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Vandermeer, John H ^a   Bautista, Gustavo López ^b   Nuñez, Guillermo Ibarra ^b   Greenberg, Russell ^c   Bichier, Peter ^c   Langridge, Suzanne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Avian insectivory; Biodiversity; Biological control; Chiapas, Mexico; Coffee agroecosystem; Cross trophic interactions; Ecosystem function; Herbivory; Insectivorous birds; Insurance hypothesis; Natural enemies; Shaded coffee farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; COFFEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST OUTBREAK;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 7544249679     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3145     Document Type: Article

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