Litter-twig dwelling ant species richness and predation potential within a forest fragment and neighboring coffee plantations of contrasting habitat quality in Mexico

By I. Armbrecht, I. Perfecto. 2003

154 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Genetics, Insect Science

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In Genetics

1. S. Philpott
2. J. Vandermeer
3. I. Armbrecht
4. I. Perfecto
5. M. Gallego
6. P. Foster
7. L. Rivera
8. W. J. Sutherland

In Insect Science

1. S. Philpott
2. I. Perfecto
3. J. Vandermeer
4. I. Armbrecht
5. P. Foster
6. L. Rivera
7. M. Gallego
8. T. Tscharntke

Citations in the corpus

• Reduced Diversity and Complexity in the Leaf‐Litter Ant Assemblage of Colombian Coffee Plantations (2005, background): “Regarding ants, there is higher diversity closer to forests and shaded coffee plantations provide a high-quality matrix within which biodiversity is conserved (Perfecto & Vandermeer 2002; Armbrecht & Perfecto 2003).”
• NEST‐SITE LIMITATION IN COFFEE AGROECOSYSTEMS: ARTIFICIAL NESTS MAINTAIN DIVERSITY OF ARBOREAL ANTS (2005, background): “Coffee intensification is also associated with lower ant diversity (Nestel and Dickschen 1990, Perfecto and Snelling 1995, Perfecto et al. 1996, 1997, Roberts et al. 2000, Perfecto and Vandermeer 2002, Armbrecht and Perfecto 2003).”
• Bird responses to shade coffee production (2004, background): “However, shade coffee has been found to be detrimental for forest associated species (Greenberg et al., 1997b; Roberts et al., 2000a; Armbrecht & Perfecto, 2003).”
• Testing ant predation on the coffee berry borer in shaded and sun coffee plantations in Colombia (2007, background): “Ants have been shown to be effective biological control agents in agroecosystems (Way & Khoo, 1992; Perfecto & Castiñeiras, 1998; Van Mele & Cuc, 2003), including coffee plantations (Armbrecht & Perfecto, 2003).”
• Biodiversity, yield, and shade coffee certification (2005, background): “…focus on the quality of the agricultural matrix support Philpott and Dietsch’s perspective that shaded coffee plantations represent a high quality matrix with a high conservation value for forest species (Vandermeer and Carvajal, 2001; Perfecto and Vandermeer, 2002; Armbrecht and Perfecto, 2003).”
• Biodiversity in tropical agroforests and the ecological role of ants and ant diversity in predatory function (2006, background): “Armbrecht et al. , 2001 ) and an accurate assessment of ant diets should be done before drawing final conclusions about their role in tropical food webs. One important caveat of the argument presented here, of course, is that the taxonomic diversity of particular trophic guilds does not necessarily ”
• Effects of Management Intensity and Season on Arboreal Ant Diversity and Abundance in Coffee Agroecosystems (2004, background): “With coffee intensification, diversity of predators such as ants decreases (Nestel and Dickschen 1990; Perfecto and Snelling 1995; Perfecto et al. 1996; Perfecto et al. 1997; Perfecto and Vandermeer 2002; Armbrecht and Perfecto 2003) yet no studies focus on arboreal (specifically coffeeforaging) ant”