¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?

Do live fences help conserve butterfly diversity in agricultural landscapes? In Central America, natural forests have been transformed into agriculture production areas, generating forest fragmentation, desertification, erosion and loss of biodiversity, among other concerns. Different tree cover c...

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Autores principales: Tobar López, Diego, Ibrahim, Muhammad Akbar
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Publicado: 2015
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/7846
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spelling RepoCATIE78462021-12-22T19:22:54Z ¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios? Tobar López, Diego Ibrahim, Muhammad Akbar Do live fences help conserve butterfly diversity in agricultural landscapes? In Central America, natural forests have been transformed into agriculture production areas, generating forest fragmentation, desertification, erosion and loss of biodiversity, among other concerns. Different tree cover compositions are kept on these agricultural landscapes, including scattered trees in pastures, live fences, fragments of secondary forests, and riparian forests. These can help in biodiversity conservation because they generate shelter, feeding and reproduction areas, among others. We studied the composition, richness and abundance of diurnal butterflies on two types of live fences in a landscape where pastures are predominant in Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Region. Transects (120x5m) were observed for an hour (two days/habitat) in five multi-strata fences (with several plant species, strata and canopy width) and five simple fences (with smaller and pruned trees). A total of 2 782 butterflies were observed (75 species). The most abundant species were Anartia fatima, Eurema daria, Eurema nise, Hermeuptychia hermes, Junonia evarete and Phoebis philea. Multi-strata fences had more species and can help maintain 56% of the total species observed in secondary and riparian forests. This type of live fence can play an important role in butterfly conservation in livestock areas, and its benefits are influenced by the manner in which farmers manage their land. Rev. Biol. Trop. 58 (1): 447-463. Epub 2010 March 01. Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)-MAP 2015-11-18T06:02:17Z 2015-11-18T06:02:17Z 2015-11-03 Artículo 0034-7744 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/7846 Programa Agroambiental Mesoamericano (MAP). Fase I application/pdf
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description Do live fences help conserve butterfly diversity in agricultural landscapes? In Central America, natural forests have been transformed into agriculture production areas, generating forest fragmentation, desertification, erosion and loss of biodiversity, among other concerns. Different tree cover compositions are kept on these agricultural landscapes, including scattered trees in pastures, live fences, fragments of secondary forests, and riparian forests. These can help in biodiversity conservation because they generate shelter, feeding and reproduction areas, among others. We studied the composition, richness and abundance of diurnal butterflies on two types of live fences in a landscape where pastures are predominant in Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Region. Transects (120x5m) were observed for an hour (two days/habitat) in five multi-strata fences (with several plant species, strata and canopy width) and five simple fences (with smaller and pruned trees). A total of 2 782 butterflies were observed (75 species). The most abundant species were Anartia fatima, Eurema daria, Eurema nise, Hermeuptychia hermes, Junonia evarete and Phoebis philea. Multi-strata fences had more species and can help maintain 56% of the total species observed in secondary and riparian forests. This type of live fence can play an important role in butterfly conservation in livestock areas, and its benefits are influenced by the manner in which farmers manage their land. Rev. Biol. Trop. 58 (1): 447-463. Epub 2010 March 01.
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author Tobar López, Diego
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¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?
author_facet Tobar López, Diego
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title ¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?
title_short ¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?
title_full ¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?
title_fullStr ¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?
title_full_unstemmed ¿Las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?
title_sort ¿las cercas vivas ayudan a la conservación de la diversidad de mariposas en paisajes agropecuarios?
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