Epiphyte biodiversity in the coffee agricultural matrix : canopy stratification and distance from forest fragments

Quality of the agricultural matrix profoundly affects biodiversity and dispersal in agricultural areas. Vegetatively complex coffee agroecosystems maintain species richness at larger distances from the forest. Epiphytes colonize canopy trees and provide resources for birds and insects and thus effec...

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. - 1999. - 24(2010), 3 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 737-46
1. Verfasser: Moorhead, Leigh C (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Philpott, Stacy M, Bichier, Peter
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Coffee