Biodiversity patterns and trophic interactions in human-dominated tropical landscapes in Sulawesi (Indonesia): plants, arthropods and vertebrates

摘要: The need to capture primary production in order sustain and improve economic livelihoods has lead increasing conversion of natural habitat intensification agricultural practices many parts the world including most tropical regions. Understanding how these processes affect ecosystems their functioning, particular high-diversity tropics, become a key issue ecological research. In this chapter, our focus is on agriculture-forest landscapes Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, an island widely known for its endemic yet still poorly flora fauna. rise region one largest cacao producing areas at core recent land-use change processes. Covering plants (trees, rattan palms, herbs, bryophytes) several invertebrate (ants, dung beetles, insect herbivores, fruit-feeding butterflies, parasitic Hymenoptera, spiders) vertebrate groups (amphibians, birds, murids, reptiles), we give in-depth overview determinants biodiversity landscapes, both management landscape-scale variables into analyses. Results show that shaded agroforests host rich community species. By adopting large-scale study design showed proximity forest predictor species richness plants, invertebrates vertebrates alike. Endemics specialists benefit from indigenous shade tree cover forest. Importantly, functionally important such as insectivorous seed-dispersing birds tall trees, diversity edge, while parasitoid greatest close forests. Available data effects landuse landscape Sulawesi increasing. Change configuration are being clearly reflected composition communities, with likely impacts ecosystem services pest control pollination. More knowledge needed especially terms interactions but also existing can contribute effective conservation human-dominated outside protected areas.