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Bats Limit Insects in a Neotropical Agroforestry System
Abstract
Exclosure experiments have demonstrated the effects of bird predation on arthropods. In a Mexican coffee plantation, we excluded foliage-gleaning bird and bat predators from coffee plants. Effects of bats and birds were additive. In the dry season, birds reduced arthropods in coffee plants by 30%; birds and bats together reduced arthropods by 46%. In the wet season, bats reduced arthropods by 84%, whereas birds reduced them by only 58%. We conclude that previous "bird" exclosure experiments may have systematically underestimated the effects of bats.
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- Authors
- Williams-Guillén, K., Perfecto, I., & Vandermeer, J.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2008-04-04
- Volume
- 320
- Issue
- 5872
- Pages
- 70-70
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2051004621
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- 319
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 20.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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