Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico

This study describes the foraging ecology of birds during summer and winter in two different types of coffee agroecosystems in Chiapas, Mexico. Avian foraging behavior is documented in two agroecosystems of differing management intensity, structurally similar but with different levels of floristic d...

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Published in:Biotropica
Main Authors: Dietsch, Thomas V., Perfecto, Ivette, Greenberg, Russell
Other Authors: University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A., Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20008 U.S.A.
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Published: Blackwell Publishing Inc 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72797
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00248.x
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topic Floristic Diversity
Frugivory
Insectivory
Nectivory
Neotropics
Seasonal Variation
Tropical Agriculture
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Science
spellingShingle Floristic Diversity
Frugivory
Insectivory
Nectivory
Neotropics
Seasonal Variation
Tropical Agriculture
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Science
Dietsch, Thomas V.
Perfecto, Ivette
Greenberg, Russell
Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico
topic_facet Floristic Diversity
Frugivory
Insectivory
Nectivory
Neotropics
Seasonal Variation
Tropical Agriculture
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Science
description This study describes the foraging ecology of birds during summer and winter in two different types of coffee agroecosystems in Chiapas, Mexico. Avian foraging behavior is documented in two agroecosystems of differing management intensity, structurally similar but with different levels of floristic diversity, during summer and winter seasons. The distribution of tree species used by birds was more even, and birds used a greater diversity of tree species, in the more diverse coffee shade system. Much of the variation in resource use derived from shifts in the use of flowers and fruit, highlighting the importance in resource phenology for birds. Insectivory was more frequent in winter than summer for the coffee layer, and in summer for the shade layer. Given the vegetative structural similarity of the two coffee agroecosystems included in this study, floristic differences probably accounted for much of the difference in the bird communities between the management systems, especially given the strong seasonal response to flowering and fruiting. This work suggests that plentiful and diverse food resources associated with the high diversity of plant species may facilitate coexistence of the high number of bird species found in shade-grown coffee agroecosystems. Peer Reviewed http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72797/1/j.1744-7429.2006.00248.x.pdf
author2 University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A.
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author Dietsch, Thomas V.
Perfecto, Ivette
Greenberg, Russell
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Perfecto, Ivette
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title Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico
title_short Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico
title_full Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico
title_fullStr Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico
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Calvo, L., and J. Blake. 1998. Bird diversity and abundance on two different shade coffee plantations in Guatemala. Bird Conserv. Int. 8: 297 – 308.
Cruz-Angon, A., and R. Greenberg. 2005. Are epiphytes important for birds in coffee plantations? An experimental assessment. J. Appl. Ecol. 42: 150 – 159.
Dietsch, T. V. 2003. Conservation and ecology of birds in coffee agroecosystems of Chiapas, Mexico. PhD Dissertation. University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Frischknecht, P. M., J. V. Dufek, and T. W. Bauman. 1986. Purine alkaloid formation in buds and developing leaflets of Coffea arabica. Pytochemistry 5: 613 – 616.
Greenberg, R. 1981. Dissimilar bill size in tropical and temperate foliage gleaning birds. Oecologia 49: 143 – 147.
Greenberg, R. 1995. The role of migratory birds in tropical ecosystems: The breeding currency hypothesis. J. Avian Biol. 26: 260 – 264.
Greenberg, R., and R. Rice. 2000. The Peruvian shade-grown coffee primer. Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Greenberg, R., P. Bichier, A. C. Angon, and R. Reitsma. 1997a. Bird populations in shade and sun coffee plantations in Central Guatemala. Conserv. Biol. 11 ( 2 ): 448 – 459.
Greenberg, R., P. Bichier, A. C. Angon, C. MacVean, R. Perez and E. Cano. 2000. The impact of avian insectivores on arthropods and leaf damage in some Guatemalan coffee plantations. Ecology 81: 1750 – 1755.
Greenberg, R., P. Bichier, and J. Sterling. 1997b. Bird populations in rustic and planted shade coffee plantations of eastern Chiapas, Mexico. Biotropica 29 ( 4 ): 501 – 514.
Greenberg, R., V. Pravosudov, J. Sterling, A. Kozlenko, and V. Kontorschikov. 1999. Divergence in foraging behavior of foliage-gleaning birds of Canadian and Russian boreal forests. Oecologia 120: 451 – 462.
Johnson, M. D. 2000. Effects of shade-tree species and crop structure on the winter arthropod and bird communities in a Jamaican shade coffee plantation. Biotropica 32: 133 – 145.
Martin, T. E., and G. R. Geupel. 1993. Nest-monitoring plots: Methods for locating nests and monitoring success. J. Field Ornithol. 64: 507 – 519.
Martinez, E., and W. Peters. 1996. La cafeticultura biolÓgica: La finca Irlanda como estudio de caso de un deseÑo agricoecolÓgico. In J. Trujillo, F. de LeÓn, R. CalderÓn, and P. Torres ( Eds.). EcologÍa aplicada a la agricultura, Temas selectos de MÉxico. Universidad Autonomo Metropolitana, pp. 159 – 183 Unidad Xochimilco, DF, MÉxico.
Mas, A. H., and T. V. Dietsch. 2003. An index of management intensity for coffee agroecosystems to evaluate butterfly species richness. Ecol. Appl. 13: 1491 – 1501.
Mas, A. H., and T. V. Dietsch. 2004. Linking shade coffee certification programs to biodiversity conservation: An evaluation of criteria using butterflies and birds in Chiapas, Mexico. Ecol. Appl. 14: 642 – 654.
Moguel, P., and V. M. Toledo. 1999. Biodiversity conservation in traditional coffee systems in Mexico. Conserv. Biol. 12 ( 1 ): 1 – 11.
Perfecto, I., R. A. Rice, R. Greenberg, and M. E. Van der Voort. 1996. Shade coffee: A disappearing refuge for biodiversity. BioScience 46 ( 8 ): 598 – 608.
Remsen, J. V. Jr., and S. K. Robinson. 1990. A classification scheme for foraging behavior of birds in terrestrial habitats. Studies in Avian Biology 13: 144 – 160.
Rice, R. A., and J. Drenning. 2003. Manual de cafÉ bajo sombra. Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC.
Stumpf, K. A. 1993. The estimation of forest vegetation cover descriptions using a vertical densitometer. A paper presented at the joint Inventory and Biometrics Working Groups session at the SAF National Convention held at Indianapolis, IN, on November 8–10, 1993. Available at http://www.grsgis.com/publications/saf_93.html.
Vannini, J. P. 1994. Near arctic avian migrants in coffee plantations and forest fragments of south-western Guatemala. Bird Conserv. Int. 4: 209 – 232.
Walther, B. A. 2002. Grounded ground birds and surfing canopy birds: Variation of foraging stratum breadth observed in Neotropical forest birds and tested with simulation models using boundary constraints. Auk 119: 658 – 675.
Wunderle, J. M. Jr. 1999. Avian distribution in Dominican shade coffee plantations: Area and habitat relationships. J. Field Ornithol. 70 ( 1 ): 58 – 70.
Wunderle, J. M. Jr., and S. C. Latta. 1996. Avian abundance in sun and shade coffee plantations and remnant pine forest in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. Ornitol. Neotrop. 7: 19 – 34.
Wunderle, J. M. Jr., and S. C. Latta. 1998. Avian resource use in Dominican shade coffee plantations. Wilson Bull. 110 ( 2 ): 271 – 281.
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spelling ftumdeepblue:oai:deepblue.lib.umich.edu:2027.42/72797 2023-08-20T04:03:11+02:00 Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico Dietsch, Thomas V. Perfecto, Ivette Greenberg, Russell University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A. Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20008 U.S.A. 2007-03 209291 bytes 3109 bytes application/pdf text/plain http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72797 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00248.x unknown Blackwell Publishing Inc Dietsch, Thomas V.; Perfecto, Ivette; Greenberg, Russell (2007). "Avian Foraging Behavior in Two Different Types of Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico." Biotropica 39(2): 232-240. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72797> 0006-3606 1744-7429 http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72797 doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00248.x Biotropica Calvo, L., and J. Blake. 1998. Bird diversity and abundance on two different shade coffee plantations in Guatemala. Bird Conserv. Int. 8: 297 – 308. Cruz-Angon, A., and R. Greenberg. 2005. Are epiphytes important for birds in coffee plantations? An experimental assessment. J. Appl. Ecol. 42: 150 – 159. Dietsch, T. V. 2003. Conservation and ecology of birds in coffee agroecosystems of Chiapas, Mexico. PhD Dissertation. University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Frischknecht, P. M., J. V. Dufek, and T. W. Bauman. 1986. Purine alkaloid formation in buds and developing leaflets of Coffea arabica. Pytochemistry 5: 613 – 616. Greenberg, R. 1981. Dissimilar bill size in tropical and temperate foliage gleaning birds. Oecologia 49: 143 – 147. Greenberg, R. 1995. The role of migratory birds in tropical ecosystems: The breeding currency hypothesis. J. Avian Biol. 26: 260 – 264. Greenberg, R., and R. Rice. 2000. The Peruvian shade-grown coffee primer. Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Greenberg, R., P. Bichier, A. C. Angon, and R. Reitsma. 1997a. Bird populations in shade and sun coffee plantations in Central Guatemala. Conserv. Biol. 11 ( 2 ): 448 – 459. Greenberg, R., P. Bichier, A. C. Angon, C. MacVean, R. Perez and E. Cano. 2000. The impact of avian insectivores on arthropods and leaf damage in some Guatemalan coffee plantations. Ecology 81: 1750 – 1755. Greenberg, R., P. Bichier, and J. Sterling. 1997b. Bird populations in rustic and planted shade coffee plantations of eastern Chiapas, Mexico. Biotropica 29 ( 4 ): 501 – 514. Greenberg, R., V. Pravosudov, J. Sterling, A. Kozlenko, and V. Kontorschikov. 1999. Divergence in foraging behavior of foliage-gleaning birds of Canadian and Russian boreal forests. Oecologia 120: 451 – 462. Johnson, M. D. 2000. Effects of shade-tree species and crop structure on the winter arthropod and bird communities in a Jamaican shade coffee plantation. Biotropica 32: 133 – 145. Martin, T. E., and G. R. Geupel. 1993. Nest-monitoring plots: Methods for locating nests and monitoring success. J. Field Ornithol. 64: 507 – 519. Martinez, E., and W. Peters. 1996. La cafeticultura biolÓgica: La finca Irlanda como estudio de caso de un deseÑo agricoecolÓgico. In J. Trujillo, F. de LeÓn, R. CalderÓn, and P. Torres ( Eds.). EcologÍa aplicada a la agricultura, Temas selectos de MÉxico. Universidad Autonomo Metropolitana, pp. 159 – 183 Unidad Xochimilco, DF, MÉxico. Mas, A. H., and T. V. Dietsch. 2003. An index of management intensity for coffee agroecosystems to evaluate butterfly species richness. Ecol. Appl. 13: 1491 – 1501. Mas, A. H., and T. V. Dietsch. 2004. Linking shade coffee certification programs to biodiversity conservation: An evaluation of criteria using butterflies and birds in Chiapas, Mexico. Ecol. Appl. 14: 642 – 654. Moguel, P., and V. M. Toledo. 1999. Biodiversity conservation in traditional coffee systems in Mexico. Conserv. Biol. 12 ( 1 ): 1 – 11. Perfecto, I., R. A. Rice, R. Greenberg, and M. E. Van der Voort. 1996. Shade coffee: A disappearing refuge for biodiversity. BioScience 46 ( 8 ): 598 – 608. Remsen, J. V. Jr., and S. K. Robinson. 1990. A classification scheme for foraging behavior of birds in terrestrial habitats. Studies in Avian Biology 13: 144 – 160. Rice, R. A., and J. Drenning. 2003. Manual de cafÉ bajo sombra. Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC. Stumpf, K. A. 1993. The estimation of forest vegetation cover descriptions using a vertical densitometer. A paper presented at the joint Inventory and Biometrics Working Groups session at the SAF National Convention held at Indianapolis, IN, on November 8–10, 1993. Available at http://www.grsgis.com/publications/saf_93.html. Vannini, J. P. 1994. Near arctic avian migrants in coffee plantations and forest fragments of south-western Guatemala. Bird Conserv. Int. 4: 209 – 232. Walther, B. A. 2002. Grounded ground birds and surfing canopy birds: Variation of foraging stratum breadth observed in Neotropical forest birds and tested with simulation models using boundary constraints. Auk 119: 658 – 675. Wunderle, J. M. Jr. 1999. Avian distribution in Dominican shade coffee plantations: Area and habitat relationships. J. Field Ornithol. 70 ( 1 ): 58 – 70. Wunderle, J. M. Jr., and S. C. Latta. 1996. Avian abundance in sun and shade coffee plantations and remnant pine forest in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. Ornitol. Neotrop. 7: 19 – 34. Wunderle, J. M. Jr., and S. C. Latta. 1998. Avian resource use in Dominican shade coffee plantations. Wilson Bull. 110 ( 2 ): 271 – 281. 2006 The Author(s) Journal compilation © 2006 by The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Floristic Diversity Frugivory Insectivory Nectivory Neotropics Seasonal Variation Tropical Agriculture Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Science Article 2007 ftumdeepblue https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00248.x 2023-07-31T20:31:48Z This study describes the foraging ecology of birds during summer and winter in two different types of coffee agroecosystems in Chiapas, Mexico. Avian foraging behavior is documented in two agroecosystems of differing management intensity, structurally similar but with different levels of floristic diversity, during summer and winter seasons. The distribution of tree species used by birds was more even, and birds used a greater diversity of tree species, in the more diverse coffee shade system. Much of the variation in resource use derived from shifts in the use of flowers and fruit, highlighting the importance in resource phenology for birds. Insectivory was more frequent in winter than summer for the coffee layer, and in summer for the shade layer. Given the vegetative structural similarity of the two coffee agroecosystems included in this study, floristic differences probably accounted for much of the difference in the bird communities between the management systems, especially given the strong seasonal response to flowering and fruiting. This work suggests that plentiful and diverse food resources associated with the high diversity of plant species may facilitate coexistence of the high number of bird species found in shade-grown coffee agroecosystems. Peer Reviewed http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72797/1/j.1744-7429.2006.00248.x.pdf Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Michigan: Deep Blue Biotropica 39 2 232 240