Search Results - "Bichier, Peter"
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Landscape and Local Correlates of Bee Abundance and Species Richness in Urban Gardens
Published in Environmental entomology (01-06-2016)“…Urban gardens may preserve biodiversity as urban population densities increase, but this strongly depends on the characteristics of the gardens and the…”
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Local and landscape drivers of bird abundance, species richness, and trait composition in urban agroecosystems
Published in Urban ecosystems (01-06-2020)“…Urban gardens, or spaces that include vegetables, fruit trees, and ornamental plants, can support bird species and communities by providing food and nesting…”
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Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
Published in Ecology and society (01-12-2020)“…Urban agriculture has received considerable attention for its role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, and health and well-being for growing…”
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Biodiversity Loss in Latin American Coffee Landscapes: Review of the Evidence on Ants, Birds, and Trees
Published in Conservation biology (01-10-2008)“…Studies have documented biodiversity losses due to intensification of coffee management (reduction in canopy richness and complexity). Nevertheless, questions…”
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Field-Testing Ecological and Economic Benefits of Coffee Certification Programs
Published in Conservation biology (01-08-2007)“…Coffee agroecosystems are critical to the success of conservation efforts in Latin America because of their ecological and economic importance. Coffee…”
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Shifts in host–parasitoid networks across community garden management and urban landscape gradients
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-05-2024)“…Biological pest control relies on interactions between herbivores and their natural enemies. Maintaining this ecosystem service requires considering herbivore…”
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Promoting Beneficial Arthropods in Urban Agroecosystems: Focus on Flowers, Maybe Not Native Plants
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (23-06-2023)“…(1) Urbanization threatens biodiversity, yet urban native plants support native biodiversity, contributing to conservation and ecosystem services. Within urban…”
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Land tenure security and luxury support plant species and trait diversity in urban community gardens
Published in Frontiers in sustainable food systems (20-07-2023)“…Urban ecological communities are shaped by an array of environmental and physical factors that include climate, biogeography, species interactions, dispersal,…”
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Local and Landscape Drivers of Carabid Activity, Species Richness, and Traits in Urban Gardens in Coastal California
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (19-04-2019)“…Urban ecosystems, as mosaics of residential, industrial, commercial, and agricultural land, present challenges for species survival due to impervious surface,…”
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Social Context Influence on Urban Gardener Perceptions of Pests and Management Practices
Published in Frontiers in sustainable food systems (02-10-2020)“…Community gardens are important urban green spaces with a variety of social and ecological benefits, one of which is access to healthy food. Similar to rural…”
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Differences in insectivore bird diets in coffee agroecosystems driven by obligate or generalist guild, shade management, season, and year
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (27-10-2021)“…Neotropical shade-grown coffee systems are renowned for their potential to conserve avian biodiversity. Yet, little is known about food resources consumed by…”
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Cascading Effects of Birds and Bats in a Shaded Coffee Agroforestry System
Published in Frontiers in sustainable food systems (27-04-2021)“…Volant vertebrate insectivores, including birds and bats, can be important regulators of herbivores in forests and agro-ecosystems. Their effects can be…”
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Greater predation in shaded coffee farms: the role of resident neotropical birds
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-10-2004)“…It is commonly thought that diverse agroecosystems are less prone to pest outbreaks because they support a high diversity of natural enemies. The idea that…”
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Biodiversity conservation, yield, and alternative products in coffee agroecosystems in Sumatra, Indonesia
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-07-2008)“…Agroecology and conservation must overlap to protect biodiversity and farmer livelihoods. Coffee agroecosystems with complex shade canopies protect…”
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Bird diversity in cacao farms and forest fragments of western Panama
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-07-2007)“…Theobroma cacao plantings, when managed under the shade of rainforest trees, provide habitat for many resident and migratory bird species. We compared the bird…”
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Impacts of Major Predators on Tropical Agroforest Arthropods: Comparisons within and across Taxa
Published in Oecologia (01-06-2004)“…In food web studies, taxonomically unrelated predators are often grouped into trophic levels regardless of their relative importance on prey assemblages,…”
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Bird Populations in Shade and Sun Coffee Plantations in Central Guatemala
Published in Conservation biology (01-04-1997)“…We studied the avifauna of sun and shade coffee plantations and associated mid-elevation habitats during the dry season of 1995. The three plantation types…”
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Local and landscape drivers of predation services in urban gardens
Published in Ecological applications (01-04-2017)“…In agroecosystems, local and landscape features, as well as natural enemy abundance and richness, are significant predictors of predation services that may…”
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Multiple ecosystem service synergies and landscape mediation of biodiversity within urban agroecosystems
Published in Ecology letters (01-03-2023)“…Ecosystem services (ESs) are essential for human well‐being, especially in urban areas where 60% of the global population will live by 2030. While urban…”
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Local- and landscape-scale land cover affects microclimate and water use in urban gardens
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-01-2018)“…Urban gardens in Central California are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, experiencing both extended high heat periods as well as water…”
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