Hi Wendee,There are quite a few citations you could use that quantify the relationship between management intensity and different measures of biodiversity in banana. Hopefully you consider invertebrates to be wildlife because the references below mostly focus on invertebrates. All of them include literature cited relevant to effects of management intensity on other taxa, including vertebrates. Most of the publications that I list below also focus on the subtle differences in management that exist in Costa Rica banana - for example, utilizing different levels of carbamate nematicides, or applying different mixes of fungicides, herbicides, fruit bags, or insecticides. These subtle changes in management (similar to the types of changes advocated by the management at EARTH) caused impressive changes in arthropod diversity as well as very interesting subtle changes in chemically mediated interactions between trophic levels (e.g., nematicides may poison the immune response of caterpillars). Stephens, C.S. Ecological upset and recuperation of natural control of insect pests in some Costa Rican banana plantations. Turrialba 1984, 34, 101–105.Thrupp, L.A. Entrapment and escape from fruitless insecticide use: Lessons from the banana sector of Costa Rica. Int. J. Environ. Stud. 1990, 36, 173–189.Smilanich, A.M. and L.A. Dyer. 2012. Effects of banana plantation pesticides on the immune response of lepidopteran larvae and their parasitoid natural enemies. Insects 3:616-628.Matlock, R.B.; de la Cruz, R. An inventory of parasitic Hymenoptera in banana plantations under two pesticide regimes. Agr. Ecosyst. Environ. 2002, 93, 147–164.Dyer, L.A.; Matlock, R.B.; Chehrezad, D.; O’Malley, R. Predicting caterpillar parasitism in banana plantations. Environ. Entomol. 2005, 34, 403–409.Stireman, J.O., III; Dyer, L.; Matlock, R. Top-Down Forces in Managed Versus Unmanaged Habitats. In Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions; Barbosa, P., Castellanos, I., Eds.; OxfordUniversity Press: Oxford, UK, 2005; pp. 303–323.
******************************************************* Lee Dyer Biology Dept. 0314 UNR 1664 N Virginia St Reno, NV 89557 OR 585 Robin St Reno, NV 89509 Email: [email protected] Web: www.caterpillars.org phone: 504-220-9391 (cell) 775-784-1360 (office) > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:25:12 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] banana monocultures & wildlife - ref needed! > To: [email protected] > > I have an article coming out July 1 on the quite impressive EARTH University > in Costa Rica, and how they've transform the banana industry in that area > (their bananas are sold at Whole Foods they're not organic, but they are > grown in between shade trees, and they've cut way down on the use of > chemicals, etc). Here's where i need your helpŠ > > Anyway, so this pub (Environmental Health Perspectives ehponline.org) > requires citations, and I am desperately looking for a study to reference > that backs up a statement I made that traditional banana plantations are > inhospitable to wildlife (or, at least, have much less wildlife than say a > shade-grown plantation). I looked online, ad in Google scholar, and just > can't seem to find anything but it seems obvious there MUST be such a study! > > Any suggestions? > Wendee > > Wendee Nicole, M.S. Wildlife Ecology ~ Freelance Writer * Photographer * > Bohemian > > Web: [ http://www.wendeenicole.com ] > Blog: [ http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com ] > Twitter: twitter.com/bohemianone > Email: [email protected] > > Online Magazine Writing Classes start Jun 8 & July 20, 2013 - Ask me!
