Our understanding of migratory birds' year‐round ecology and evolution remains patchy
despite recent fundamental advances. Periodic reviews focus future research and inform …

Interest in the ecology and conservation of birds in coffee plantations around the world has
greatly increased since the early 1990s, especially in the Neotropical region. Much of the …

What are birds worth—what is their actual dollar value to human society? To most of us in
the ornithological community, birds are invaluable. But in these times we need more specific …

Migratory bird needs must be met during four phases of the year: breeding season, fall
migration, wintering, and spring migration; thus, management may be needed during all four …

The species composition of forests change continuously as the earth's biota evolves and
adjusts to environmental change. Humans are accelerating the rate of species turnover by …

In the core region of Brazilian cocoa production, shade cacao plantations (so-called
cabrucas) are important components of regional landscapes, constituting potential habitat …

As tropical forests are cleared, a greater proportion of migratory songbirds are forced to
winter in agricultural and disturbed habitats, which, if poorer in quality than natural forests …

It has been documented that certain types of shade coffee plantations have both biodiversity
levels similar to natural forest and high concentrations of wintering migratory bird species …

Wintering Cape May Warblers (Dendroica tigrina) were studied in three habitats along an
altitudinal gradient in the Dominican Republic. Results of this study are some of the first to …

Compared to the environmental and conservation value as refuges for biodiversity, less is
known about the social and economic value of shaded coffee systems. The agroforestry …