Forest habitat in the tropics is being converted at an alarming rate into agricultural lands. The result is loss of global biodiversity at accelerating rates. Butterflies are common indicator species of how biodiversity responds to changing land use. Here butterflies were used to examine the potential impact of different agricultural practices in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Butterflies were trapped in forest, banana, coffee, and pasture. This study found that coffee plantations support significantly greater species diversity (x2 P \u3c 0.005), than banana or pasture. The forest patch was found to support the greatest number of forest dependent species although numbers of these indicator species were comparably high in coffee and banana as well....
Costa Rica’s most populated area, the Central Valley, has lost much of its natural habitat, and the ...
Tropical forests account for at least 50 percent of documented diversity, but anthropogenic activiti...
Understanding the processes that influence tree species composition in agricultural landscapes is es...
Forest habitat in the tropics is being converted at an alarming rate into agricultural lands. The re...
Costa Rica has experienced a history of high deforestation rates and has become a focus for the regi...
Land use change by the intensification of agriculture contributes to tropical forest fragmentation ...
The majority of Costa Rica’s primary forests have been fragmented and converted to agricultural land...
It is important to consider land transformation and its effects on species abundance, richness, and ...
Tropical forests, the richest ecosystems on earth, are rapidly disappearing. This is causing the los...
Tropical forests are under immense pressure from agricultural expansion and other human disturbance...
Loss of biodiversity is becoming increasingly evident and is receiving much attention. Fragmentation...
Costa Rica is recognized worldwide for its nature conservation policy following the traditional land...
The coffee (coffea arabica) agro-ecosystem in the Central Valley of Costa Rica was formerly characte...
Measurements of species richness and species abundance can have important implications for regulatio...
Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to biodiversity, especially in tropical forests whi...
Costa Rica’s most populated area, the Central Valley, has lost much of its natural habitat, and the ...
Tropical forests account for at least 50 percent of documented diversity, but anthropogenic activiti...
Understanding the processes that influence tree species composition in agricultural landscapes is es...
Forest habitat in the tropics is being converted at an alarming rate into agricultural lands. The re...
Costa Rica has experienced a history of high deforestation rates and has become a focus for the regi...
Land use change by the intensification of agriculture contributes to tropical forest fragmentation ...
The majority of Costa Rica’s primary forests have been fragmented and converted to agricultural land...
It is important to consider land transformation and its effects on species abundance, richness, and ...
Tropical forests, the richest ecosystems on earth, are rapidly disappearing. This is causing the los...
Tropical forests are under immense pressure from agricultural expansion and other human disturbance...
Loss of biodiversity is becoming increasingly evident and is receiving much attention. Fragmentation...
Costa Rica is recognized worldwide for its nature conservation policy following the traditional land...
The coffee (coffea arabica) agro-ecosystem in the Central Valley of Costa Rica was formerly characte...
Measurements of species richness and species abundance can have important implications for regulatio...
Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to biodiversity, especially in tropical forests whi...
Costa Rica’s most populated area, the Central Valley, has lost much of its natural habitat, and the ...
Tropical forests account for at least 50 percent of documented diversity, but anthropogenic activiti...
Understanding the processes that influence tree species composition in agricultural landscapes is es...