Species abundance and potential biological control services in shade vs. sun coffee in Puerto Rico

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 151, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-5

  Borkhataria, Rena R ^a   Collazo, Jaime A ^a   Groom, Martha J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological control; Birds; Coffee; Insects; Lizards

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COFFEE; INSECT; INSECTIVORE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIZARD; PLANTATION; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; SHADING;

PUERTO RICO;

AGROMYZIDAE; ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS; ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FLATIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEUCOPTERA; NEUROPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PSOCOPTERA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84857226660     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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