Cascading effects of insectivorous birds and bats in tropical coffee plantations

Forest bolsters bird abundance, pest control and coffee yield

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Birds and bats reduce insect biomass and leaf damage in tropical forest restoration sites

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Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

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Some Like It Hot: The Influence and Implications of Climate Change on Coffee Berry Borer (Hypothenemus hampei) and Coffee Production in East Africa

(2011) Juliana Jaramillo et al.   PLoS One

Resilience and stability in bird guilds across tropical countryside

(2011) D. S. Karp et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Predictive model for sustaining biodiversity in tropical countryside

(2011) C. D. Mendenhall et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture

(2011) J. G. Boyles et al.   SCIENCE

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

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Effects of Agricultural Intensification on the Assemblage of Leaf-Nosed Bats (Phyllostomidae) in a Coffee Landscape in Chiapas, Mexico

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Birds help plants: a meta-analysis of top-down trophic cascades caused by avian predators

(2010) Elina Mäntylä et al.   OECOLOGIA

Interactions among predators and the cascading effects of vertebrate insectivores on arthropod communities and plants

(2010) K. A. Mooney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of shade and bird exclusion on arthropods and leaf damage on coffee farms in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains

(2009) Matthew D. Johnson et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Pest reduction services by birds in shade and sun coffee in Jamaica

(2009) M. D. Johnson et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Effects of Natural Enemy Biodiversity on the Suppression of Arthropod Herbivores in Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2009) Deborah K. Letourneau et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Ecological and Economic Services Provided by Birds on Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Farms

(2008) JHERIME L. KELLERMANN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Biodiversity Loss in Latin American Coffee Landscapes: Review of the Evidence on Ants, Birds, and Trees

(2008) STACY M. PHILPOTT et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

BIRDS AS PREDATORS IN TROPICAL AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

(2008) Sunshine A. Van Bael et al.   ECOLOGY

Bats Limit Arthropods and Herbivory in a Tropical Forest

(2008) M. B. Kalka et al.   SCIENCE

Bats Limit Insects in a Neotropical Agroforestry System

(2008) K. Williams-Guillen et al.   SCIENCE

Are the conservation of natural enemy biodiversity and biological control compatible goals?

(2007) Cory S. Straub et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL