A global meta-analysis of the biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits of coffee and cacao agroforestry

Matthias De Beenhouwer, Raf Aerts, Olivier Honnay

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

ReforestationBiodiversityEcosystem Service BenefitsEngineeringAgrobiodiversity Conservation +5

Changing soil characteristics alter the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) in Ethiopia across a management intensity gradient

Matthias De Beenhouwer, Maarten Van Geel, Tobias Ceulemans, +3

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Soil CharacteristicsFungal DiversityArabica CoffeeMicrobial EcologyFungal Biology +5

Biodiversity and carbon storage co-benefits of coffee agroforestry across a gradient of increasing management intensity in the SW Ethiopian highlands

Matthias De Beenhouwer, Lore Geeraert, Jan E. J. Mertens, +4

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

ReforestationBiodiversityEngineeringManagement IntensityAgrobiodiversity Conservation +4

Both forest fragmentation and coffee cultivation negatively affect epiphytic orchid diversity in Ethiopian moist evergreen Afromontane forests

Kitessa Hundera, Raf Aerts, Matthias De Beenhouwer, +4

Biological Conservation

BiodiversityBotanyCoffee CultivationForestryForest Biology +2

DNA pyrosequencing evidence for large diversity differences between natural and managed coffee mycorrhizal fungal communities

Matthias De Beenhouwer, Diriba Muleta, Bram Peeters, +3

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

BiologyLarge Diversity DifferencesFungal DiversityMolecular EcologyGenetics +5

Crop-specific and single-species mycorrhizal inoculation is the best approach to improve crop growth in controlled environments

Maarten Van Geel, Matthias De Beenhouwer, Bart Lievens, +1

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Plant-soil InteractionCrop GrowthCrop ProtectionAgricultural EconomicsFungal Symbiosis +4

High soil phosphorus levels overrule the potential benefits of organic farming on arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity in northern vineyards

Maarten Van Geel, Erik Verbruggen, Matthias De Beenhouwer, +3

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Mycelial InteractionBiogeochemistryPlant-soil InteractionEngineeringOrganic Farming +7

Application of slow-release phosphorus fertilizers increases arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in the roots of apple trees

Maarten Van Geel, Matthias De Beenhouwer, Tobias Ceulemans, +6

Plant and Soil

Microbial EcologyFungal BiologySlow-release Phosphorus FertilizersMicrobiologyFungal Symbiosis +4

Cecal drop reflects the chickens' cecal microbiome, fecal drop does not

Johan Pauwels, Bernard Taminiau, Geert Janssens, +4

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Fecal DropDysbiosisPoultry DiseaseCecal DropMicrobiota +7

Traditional shade coffee forest systems act as refuges for medium- and large-sized mammals as natural forest dwindles in Ethiopia

Behailu Etana, Anagaw Atickem, Diress Tsegaye, +6

Biological Conservation