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1 April 2014 Predictors of Leafhopper Abundance and Richness in a Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico
Justin D. Burdine, Gabriel H. Domínguez Martínez, Stacy M. Philpott
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Abstract

Coffee agroecosystems with a vegetatively complex shade canopy contain high levels of biodiversity. However, as coffee management is intensified, diversity may be lost. Most biodiversity studies in coffee agroecosystems have examined predators and not herbivores, despite their importance as potential coffee pests and coffee disease vectors. We sample done abundant herbivore group of leafhoppers on an organic coffee farm in Chiapas, Mexico. We sampled leafhoppers with elevated pan traps in highand moderate-shade coffee during the dry and wet seasons of 2011. The two major objectives were to 1) compare leafhopper abundance and richness during the wet and dry seasons and 2) examine the correlations between habitat characteristics (e.g., vegetation, elevation, and presence of aggressive ants) and leafhopper richness and abundance. We collected 2,351 leafhoppers, representing eight tribes and 64 morphospecies. Leafhopper abundance was higher in the dry season than in the wet season. Likewise, leafhopper richness was higher in the dry season. Several vegetation and other habitat characteristics correlated withabundanceandrichness of leafhoppers.Thenumberof Inga trees positively correlated with leafhopper abundance, and other significant correlates of abundance included vegetation complexity. Leafhopper richness was correlated with the number of Inga trees. As leafhoppers transmit important coffee diseases, understanding the specific habitat factors correlating with changes in abundance and richness may help predict future disease outbreaks.

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Justin D. Burdine, Gabriel H. Domínguez Martínez, and Stacy M. Philpott "Predictors of Leafhopper Abundance and Richness in a Coffee Agroecosystem in Chiapas, Mexico," Environmental Entomology 43(2), 328-335, (1 April 2014). https://doi.org/10.1603/EN13251
Received: 5 September 2013; Accepted: 1 January 2014; Published: 1 April 2014
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KEYWORDS
agroforest
biodiversity
Cicadellidae
intensification
management
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