Biodiversity Conservation in Agroecosystems: A Comparison of Surface-dwelling Beetle Diversity in Various Shade Coffee Production Systems in Costa Rica

dc.contributor.authorHall, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-05T03:09:40Z
dc.date.available2012-10-05T03:09:40Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractBeetle diversity was determined in six coffee agroecosystems representing a spectrum of structural complexity including (in increasing order) a chemical free site without shade, Poró (Erythrina poeppigiana), Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta), Amarillón (Terminalia amazonia), Banana (Musa spp.), and a control site at Los Cusingos Neotropical Bird Sanctuary. At each site beetles were collected using pitfall traps while leaf litter quantities and soil properties were recorded. Beetles were not related to structural complexity per se but were more strongly affected by soil and leaf litter characteristics. They showed relatively strong co-relations to increased leaf litter, increased soil fertility and decreased soil compaction.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFES Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Seriesen_US
dc.identifier.issn1702-3548
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/18103
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Environmental Studies, York Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 7;No. 2
dc.rights.publisherhttp://www.yorku.ca/fes/research/students/outstanding/index.htmen_US
dc.titleBiodiversity Conservation in Agroecosystems: A Comparison of Surface-dwelling Beetle Diversity in Various Shade Coffee Production Systems in Costa Ricaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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