Avian species identity drives predation success in tropical cacao agroforestry

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 735-743

  Maas, Bea ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Saleh, Shahabuddin ^b   Dwi Putra, Dadang ^c   Clough, Yann ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b University of Tadulako   (Indonesia)

^c Celebes Bird Club   (Indonesia)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Zosterops chloris; Biodiversity friendly; Biological control; Central Sulawesi; Ecosystem service management; Forest proximity; Landscape gradient; Predation experiment; Shade tree management; Species specific functions

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; SMALLHOLDER; TROPICAL FOREST;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CITRUS LIMON; THEOBROMA CACAO; ZOSTEROPIDAE; ZOSTEROPS CHLORIS;

EID: 84929619476     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12409     Document Type: Article

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