May 1, 2024Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Insecticides may compromise the benefits of tree-crop diversification on arthropod biodiversity in cocoa agroforestry smallholdings

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Tree-crop diversification preserves arthropod biodiversity in cocoa agroforestry smallholdings, yet chemical insecticide usage compromises these ecological benefits.
Sampling yielded 2945 individual arthropods spanning eight functional groups, with saprophagous and phytophagous species representing the most abundant assemblages.
Generalized linear mixed models demonstrate that increased canopy cover boosts community variability, highlighting agroforestry systems as sustainable alternatives to monoculture.

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Ecological survey reveals tree diversification enhances arthropod communities in cocoa smallholdings without insecticides, highlighting the conservation value of agroforestry.

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Zakaria et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6c1b7b6db6435876404eb https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2024.2348632

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Ecological survey reveals tree diversification enhances arthropod communities in cocoa smallholdings without insecticides, highlighting the conservation value of agroforestry.

Insecticides may compromise the benefits of tree-crop diversification on arthropod biodiversity in cocoa agroforestry smallholdings

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Insecticides may compromise the benefits of tree-crop diversification on arthropod biodiversity in cocoa agroforestry smallholdings

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