Early succession arthropod community changes on experimental passion fruit plant patches along a land-use gradient in Ecuador

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 14-19

  Teodoro, Adenir V ^a   Muñoz, Andrea ^a,c   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Klein, Alexandra Maria ^a,b   Tylianakis, Jason M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ant; Beetle; Biodiversity; Insect; Land use change; Passiflora edulis; Predator; Spider

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGROFORESTRY; ANT; BEETLE; COFFEE; FOREST COVER; FRUIT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PADDY FIELD; PREDATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ECUADOR;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS;

EID: 79151479572     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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