Complex ecological interactions in the coffee agroecosystem

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-158

  Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Vandermeer, John ^a   Philpott, Stacy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ants; Azteca; birds; Coffea arabica; community assembly; spatial ecology; trait mediated indirect interactions; trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AVES; AZTECA; COFFEA ARABICA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84913549226     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091923     Document Type: Article

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