High rates of habitat alteration increase the effects of fragmentation and creation of pasture. Degraded habitat can negatively affect predator abundance and hence predation. In this study, variation in predation rates between closed forest, open forest, and pasture were assessed for a matrix of degraded tropical premontane moist forest in Costa Rica. In order to compare predation rates in the different habitat types, non-toxic clay caterpillars were made, placed on understory leaves, and then rates of predation in each habitat type were determined. This study focused on three types of predators, insects, birds, and rodents, with insects as the most predominant predators. Overall percentages of predation were 15.6% ± 9.7 in closed forest, 1...
Habitat fragmentation can alter fundamental ecological interactions such as insect herbivory. Few st...
Predation plays a critical role in animal and plant survivorship, and can be highly sensitive to hab...
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO 2002) estimated that secondary forest make up 6...
Disturbances to continuous forest such as roads or cleared patches of land often cause forest fragme...
Habitat fragmentation is the division and reduction of a large, continuous area of habitat into smal...
Abstract: Few studies have evaluated seed predation in fragmented landscapes, in which lower species...
Habitat fragmentation is the division and reduction of a large, continuous area of habitat into smal...
Clearing of riparian habitat in Monteverde, Costa Rica is prohibited up to 50 meters from the bank o...
Clearing of riparian habitat in Monteverde, Costa Rica is prohibited up to 50 meters from the bank o...
Habitat destruction and fragmentation are dominant disturbances in tropical landscapes, but conseque...
Habitat destruction and fragmentation are dominant disturbances in tropical landscapes, but conseque...
One of the largest bottlenecks for tropical tree regeneration is seedling recruitment---the ability ...
Habitat fragmentation is the transformation of once-extensive landscapes into smaller, isolated remn...
Introduction: Habitats disturbed by fragmentation and human activities increase the need to establis...
Edge effects in artificial nest predation are the focus of many researches in different scales and l...
Habitat fragmentation can alter fundamental ecological interactions such as insect herbivory. Few st...
Predation plays a critical role in animal and plant survivorship, and can be highly sensitive to hab...
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO 2002) estimated that secondary forest make up 6...
Disturbances to continuous forest such as roads or cleared patches of land often cause forest fragme...
Habitat fragmentation is the division and reduction of a large, continuous area of habitat into smal...
Abstract: Few studies have evaluated seed predation in fragmented landscapes, in which lower species...
Habitat fragmentation is the division and reduction of a large, continuous area of habitat into smal...
Clearing of riparian habitat in Monteverde, Costa Rica is prohibited up to 50 meters from the bank o...
Clearing of riparian habitat in Monteverde, Costa Rica is prohibited up to 50 meters from the bank o...
Habitat destruction and fragmentation are dominant disturbances in tropical landscapes, but conseque...
Habitat destruction and fragmentation are dominant disturbances in tropical landscapes, but conseque...
One of the largest bottlenecks for tropical tree regeneration is seedling recruitment---the ability ...
Habitat fragmentation is the transformation of once-extensive landscapes into smaller, isolated remn...
Introduction: Habitats disturbed by fragmentation and human activities increase the need to establis...
Edge effects in artificial nest predation are the focus of many researches in different scales and l...
Habitat fragmentation can alter fundamental ecological interactions such as insect herbivory. Few st...
Predation plays a critical role in animal and plant survivorship, and can be highly sensitive to hab...
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO 2002) estimated that secondary forest make up 6...