Ants (Azteca sp.) as potential biological control agents in shade coffee production in Chiapas, Mexico

By J. Vandermeer, I. Perfecto, Guillermo Ibarra Núñez, Stacy Phillpott, Alvaro Garcia Ballinas. Agroforestry Systems, 2002

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Testing ant predation on the coffee berry borer in shaded and sun coffee plantations in Colombia (2007, background): “…diversity of natural enemies of coffee pests, such as ants, spiders, and parasitoids, than do sun coffee plantations (Ibarra-Nuñez et al., 2001; Vandermeer et al., 2003; Philpott & Armbrecht, 2006), but these diverse agroecosystems have been transformed into homogeneous monocultures for the…”
Rainforest Canopy Ants: The Implications of Territoriality and Predatory Behavior (2007, background): “The same has been shown in the Neotropics (Majer and Delabie 1993; Vandermeer et al. 2002).”
Biodiversity in tropical agroforests and the ecological role of ants and ant diversity in predatory function (2006, background): “In a study in tradi- tional coffee plantations, Vandermeer et al. (2002) found Azteca ant activity, significantly correlated with green scale ( Coccus viridis Green) concentration on plants, caused a significant reduction of introduced lepidopteran larvae suggesting these ants might provide…”