Orchid bees as bio-indicators for organic coffee farms in Costa Rica: Does farm size affect their abundance?

dc.creatorHedström,Ingemar
dc.creatorDenzel,Andrew
dc.creatorOwens,Gareth
dc.date2006-09-01
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dc.date.available2023-09-25T14:01:07Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442006000300029
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8810588
dc.descriptionThe potential of Euglossini bees, especially Euglossa, as biological indicators of organic vs non-organic coffee farms was studied in Atenas and San Isidro, Alajuela, Costa Rica using 1.8-cineole as lure. Observations were made for three days at each of four farms and complemented with data from a year of observations. Orchid bees were in greater abundance in the organic farms (t-Student test). However, lower abundances suggest that an organic farm may be negatively affected by the proximity of non-organic farms, depending on its size and distance. Orchid bees may be indicators of organic coffee farms. Rev. Biol. Trop. 54 (3): 965-969. Epub 2006 Sept. 29.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Rica
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical v.54 n.3 2006
dc.subjectEuglossine
dc.subjectEuglossa
dc.subjectorchid bees
dc.subjectbio-indicator
dc.subjectorganic agriculture
dc.subjectCosta Rica
dc.titleOrchid bees as bio-indicators for organic coffee farms in Costa Rica: Does farm size affect their abundance?
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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