Peter Bichier
Research Associate / Migratory Bird Center
Research Focus
My research interest are studying the importance of agroforestry in maintaining biodiversity and their potential use as buffer zones around primary forests. Within agroforestry systems, I am interested to see how bird diversity is affected by the different levels of shade.
Education and Degrees
- 1990 B.A. in Biology, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Research Topics
Most Recent Publications
Philpott, S.M., Arendt, W.J., Armbrecht, I., Bichier, P., Diestch, T.V., Gordon, C., Greenberg, R.S., Perfecto, I., Reynoso-Santos, R., Soto-Pinto, L., Tejeda-Cruz, C., Williams-Linera, G., Valenzuela, J. and Zolotoff, J.M. Biodiversity Loss in Latin American Coffee Landscapes: Review of the Evidence on Ants, Birds, and Trees, Conservation Biology, 22 (5) 1093-1105. 2008.
Van Bael, S.A., Philpott, S.M., Greenberg, R.S., Bichier, P., Barber, N.A., Mooney, K.A. and Gruner, D.S. Birds as predators in tropical agroforestry systems, Ecology, 89 (4) 928–934. 2008.
Philpott, S.M., Bichier, P., Rice, R. and Greenberg, R.S. Field-testing ecological and economic benefits of coffee certification programs, Conservation Biology, 21 (4) 975-985. 2007.
Van Bael, S.A., Bichier, P. and Greenberg, R.S. Bird predation on insects reduces damage to the foliage of cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao) in western Panamá, Journal of Tropical Ecology, 23 715-719. 2007.
Van Bael, S.A., Bichier, P., Ochoa, I. and Greenberg, R.S. Bird diversity in cacao farms and forest fragments of western Panamá, Biodiversity and Conservation, 16 2245-2256. 2007.
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