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ROAD MAP! Coffee in Mexico Coffee Intensification Gradient Shade Coffee /programs/cap/program-description9.html Traditional Polyculture “Coffee Garden” Commercial Polyculture Shaded /Commercial Monoculture Sun Coffee …and the million dollar questions are … Hypotheses Addressing the Central Questions… What is the Flight Intercept/ Pan Trap Method? All Insects Were Sorted to the Level of Order Examining Specimens Increasing Species Composition with Trees? A look at species diversity… Do Tree Species Matter? If not Tree Abundance or Composition, how about Habitat Type? Bajo Monte, Specialized Shade and Sun Coffee Extremes in coffee agriculture A Look at All Habitat Types in the Coffee Agroecosystem Commercialized Polyculture just as good! Which Spider Types were Observed? Hunting and Ground Spiders LOVE Coffee… or do they? Break it down to Family! Family Ties Mimetidae Distribution Araneidae Distribution Lycosidae Distribution Other Overlapping Species by Family OTHER overlapping Families “Special” Families What was that?! What does it all mean? There are no clear species richness patterns in the data Why is Mimetidae so successful? Why is Lycosidae so successful? Only Salticids in the Sun Coffee? Other factors might affect species So which is the “best” coffee? Clearly Sun Coffee Sucks How does Bajo Monte measure up? How about Commercial Polyculture? Possible experimental artifacts: Future studies should be done: THANKS Caleb Gordon Ecology Class EVERYONE Results Results Sun Specialized Shade CP without epi CP organic CP with epi Bajo Monte Cloud Forest ? Selenopidae 22 ? ? ? Homalonychidae 13 ? ? Agelenidae 33 ? ? ? Amaorobiidae 14 ? ? Agelenidae 34 ? ? ? Ulobiinidae 24 ? ? Agelenidae 48 ? ? ? Gnaphosidae 26 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Sun Specialized Shade CP without epi CP organic CP with epi Bajo Monte Cloud Forest A ? ? ? ? ? A ? ? ? ? B ? B ? ? ? C C C ? ? ? ? D ? D ? ? ?