Browsing RESEARCH: Taylor, P by Author "Tscharntke, T."
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Bird and bat predation services in tropical forests and agroforestry landscapes
Maas, B.; Karp, D.S.; Bumrungsri, S.; Darras, K.; Gonthier, D.; Huang, J.C.C.; Lindell, C.A.; Maine, J.J.; Mestre, L.; Michel, N.L.; Morrison, E.B.; Perfecto, I.; Philpott, S.M.; Sekercioglu, C.H.; Silva, R.M.; Taylor, P.J.; Tscharntke, T.; Van Bael, S.A.; Whelan, C.J.; Williams-Guillen, K. (Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2016)Understanding distribution patterns and multitrophic interactions is critical for managing bat- and bird-mediated ecosystem services such as the suppression of pest and non-pest arthropods. Despite the ecological and ... -
Economic value of bat predation services – A review and new estimates from macadamia orchards
Taylor, P.J.; Grass, I.; Alberts, A.J.; Joubert, E.; Tscharntke, T. (Elsevier B.V., 2018)The economic value of natural regulation of agricultural pests by bats has been estimated both by avoided cost models and by experimental predator-exclusion approaches. We review published studies globally from both ... -
Ecosystem services and disservices by birds, bats and monkeys change with macadamia landscape heterogeneity
Linden, V.M.G.; Grass, I.; Joubert, E.; Tscharntke, T.; Weier, S.M.; Taylor, P.J. (Wiley, 2019)The relative importance of ecosystem services and disservices can change with landscape structure in a poorly understood way. We compare the impact of biocontrol, provided by bats and birds, with that of crop raiding by ... -
Insect pest consumption by bats in macadamia orchards established by molecular diet analyses
Weier, S.M.; Moodley, Y.; Fraser, M.F.; Linden, V.M.G.; Grass, I.; Tscharntke, T.; Taylor, P.J. (2019)The diet of insectivorous bat species is difficult to study and the least invasive tool to gain information on these predators’ foraging preferences is the study of their faecal pellets. The aim of this study was to determine ... -
Natural vegetation and bug abundance promote insectivorous bat activity in macadamia orchards, South Africa
Weier, S.N.; Grass, I.; Linden, V.M.G.; Tscharntke, T.; Taylor, P.J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)Accelerating land use change is associated with the loss of species and their ecosystem services. South Africa is the world's largest producer of macadamias and the industry continues to grow. Insectivorous bat species are ... -
Pollination limitation despite managed honeybees in South African macadamia orchards
Grass, I.; Meyer, S.; Taylor, P.J.; Foord, S.H.; Hajek, P.; Tscharntke, T. (Elsevier B.V., 2018)There is growing demand for pollination services in agricultural production, which contrasts with declines of wild and managed pollinator populations. Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia) is a mass-flowering crop that depends ...