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ArticleInsects2023

Naturally Occurring Vegetation Connectivity Facilitates Ant-Mediated Coffee Berry Borer Removal.

Sanya Cowal, Jonathan R Morris, Estelí Jiménez-Soto, Stacy M Philpott

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Article in Insects, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Pest categorisation ofEFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sanya CowalDepartment of Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0186-0734
Jonathan R MorrisSchool for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0878-7253
Estelí Jiménez-SotoGeography, Environmental Science and Policy, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1150-2140
Stacy M PhilpottDepartment of Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8338-3806
University of California, Santa Cruz · USUniversity of Michigan · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

Heller Agroecology Grant naNational Science Foundation GRFP 2240310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vegetation connectivity is an essential aspect of the habitat complexity that impacts species interactions at local scales. However, agricultural intensification reduces connectivity in agroforestry systems, including coffee agroecosystems, which may hinder the movement of natural enemies and reduce the ecosystem services that they provide. Ants play an important role in regulating the coffee berry borer (CBB), which is the most damaging coffee pest. For arboreal ant communities, the connections between trees are important structures that facilitate ant mobility, resource recruitment, foraging success, and pest control ability. To better understand how connectivity impacts arboreal ants in coffee agroecosystems, we conducted an experiment to assess the impact of artificial (string) and naturally occurring vegetation (vines, leaves, branches) connectivity on

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agroecologyantsAzteca sp.coffee berry borerconnectivityhabitat complexitypest managementvegetation structure

Identifiers

PMID37999068
PMCPMC10672115
OpenAlexW4388637941

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Registered trials

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