Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation
Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes.
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …
Pest suppression by bats and management strategies to favour it: a global review
C Tuneu‐Corral, X Puig‐Montserrat… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fighting insect pests is a major challenge for agriculture worldwide, and biological control
and integrated pest management constitute well‐recognised, cost‐effective ways to prevent …
and integrated pest management constitute well‐recognised, cost‐effective ways to prevent …
Supporting and regulating ecosystem services in cacao agroforestry systems
Cacao agroforestry systems (CAFS) can provide supporting services such as optimum light
conditions for cacao growth, water and nutrient cycling and regulating services such as pest …
conditions for cacao growth, water and nutrient cycling and regulating services such as pest …
Quantifying services and disservices provided by insects and vertebrates in cacao agroforestry landscapes
J Vansynghel, C Ocampo-Ariza… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Animals provide services such as pollination and pest control in cacao agroforestry systems,
but also disservices. Yet, their combined contributions to crop yield and fruit loss are mostly …
but also disservices. Yet, their combined contributions to crop yield and fruit loss are mostly …
Birds and bats enhance cacao yield despite suppressing arthropod mesopredation
C Ocampo‐Ariza, J Vansynghel, D Bertleff… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bird‐and bat‐mediated biocontrol benefits the productivity of tropical commodity crops such
as cacao, but the ecological interactions driving these ecosystem services remain poorly …
as cacao, but the ecological interactions driving these ecosystem services remain poorly …
Trait-dependent responses of birds and bats to season and dry forest distance in tropical agroforestry
C Ocampo-Ariza, B Maas, JP Castro-Namuche… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural expansion and intensification increasingly threaten birds and bats, especially
insectivorous species from the tropics. Cacao agroforests in tropical rainforest areas have …
insectivorous species from the tropics. Cacao agroforests in tropical rainforest areas have …
[HTML][HTML] Batting for rice: The effect of bat exclusion on rice in North-East India
IS Bhalla, J Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, RJ Whittaker - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Insectivorous bats are gaining increasing attention for their potential as biological agents of
pest suppression. Studies around the world have demonstrated their tendency to track and …
pest suppression. Studies around the world have demonstrated their tendency to track and …
[HTML][HTML] Birds and bats enhance yields in Afrotropical cacao agroforests only under high tree-level shade cover
DF Ferreira, C Jarrett, AC Wandji, PJ Atagana… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Central/West Africa is one of the most biodiverse regions on earth and one of the
largest producers of cacao, producing about 68.4% of the world's chocolate. Here, cacao …
largest producers of cacao, producing about 68.4% of the world's chocolate. Here, cacao …
[HTML][HTML] Bats and rice: Quantifying the role of insectivorous bats as agricultural pest suppressors in rice fields
C Tuneu-Corral, X Puig-Montserrat, C Flaquer… - Ecosystem Services, 2024 - Elsevier
Rice represents the main staple food for more than half of the world's population, playing an
essential role in food security and economic growth. One of the major pests affecting this …
essential role in food security and economic growth. One of the major pests affecting this …
Landscape structure shapes activity levels and composition of aerial insectivorous bats at different spatial scales
F Falcão, P Dodonov, CB Caselli… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Tropical forests are being lost and modified at an unprecedented rate, with extant
biodiversity increasingly restricted to human-modified landscapes. Resulting changes in …
biodiversity increasingly restricted to human-modified landscapes. Resulting changes in …