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Article: THE IMPACT OF AVIAN INSECTIVORY ON ARTHROPODS AND LEAF DAMAGE IN SOME GUATEMALAN COFFEE PLANTATIONS.
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- Ecology
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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RUSSELL GREENBERG [1,3]
PETER BICHIER [1]
ANDREA CRUZ ANGON [1]
CHARLES MACVEAN [2]
RONALDO PEREZ [2]
ENIO CANO [2]
Abstract. Experimental work has established that vertebrates can have a large impact on the abundance of arthropods in temperate forest and grasslands, as well as on tropical islands. The importance of vertebrate insectivory has only rarely been evaluated for mainland tropical ecosystems. In this study, we used exclosures to measure the impact of birds on arthropods in Guatemalan coffee plantations. Variation in shade management on coffee farms provides a gradient of similar habitats that vary in the ...
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