Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

but also to Cattle Egrets, which can be poisoned by consuming ticks on recently treated cows (J. J. Monge, pers. comm.). 11.1.3. ...

directly, which reduces stem consumption (the stems must later be cut down with a machete) but greatly reduces labor. Alternativ ...

Figure 11.4. Bursera simarouba trees planted as "living fenceposts" along the road to Monteverde. Photograph by Dan Perlman. 11. ...

Rafael, Campos de Oro, El Dos de Abangares (Pacific slope), and La Chiripa and Cabeceras (Atlantic slope). Many of these farms s ...

on remaining forest and improve soil and forage man- agement (Hartshorn et al. 1982, McDowell 1993, Par- sons 1983). Forage mana ...

raise beef, 8% raise crops, and 12% generate income through some other activity (CoopeSanta Elena, R.L., impubl. data). Since 19 ...

dentally, Costa Rican school vacation begins at this time. Producers grow their coffee bushes in nurseries with seed supplied by ...

organic fertilizers and composted coffee pulp in lieu of chemical fertilizers and rely on organic foliar feedings, which improve ...

Table 11.6. Other crops grown in the Monteverde uplands. English Name Vegetables Beet Broccoli Cabbagea Carrot Cauliflower Celer ...

pathogens are more likely to enter damaged crops (J. Wolfe, pers. comm.). The greatest successes for the organic producers have ...

Figure 11.6. Settling ponds used to process waste from the Productores de Monteverde's dairy plant and the hog farm. Photograph ...

organically with small amounts of output, which minimizes some sources of environmental damage. Localized problems with pesticid ...

progress toward sustainability, and may serve as an inspiration to other communities. Acknowledgments We thank the many people w ...

infrastructure were formed. Some of the elements of Costa Rican societies at the time of the Conquest in- cluded multiple, simpl ...

infestations of adults can "burn" entire pastures, stunting growth and lowering nutritive value and palatability (Pagan and Pica ...

BRASSICAS AS BIOLOGICAL PLOWS Jim Wolfe major threat to the sustainability of Monte- verde farms is soil compaction. Decades of ...

Deliberate fires are regulated by the Ley Forestal (For- estry Law), which prohibits burning forests or areas adjacent to forest ...

English Name Shrubs Blackberry Hot pepper Thimbleberry Fines Chayote Passion fruit Squash Vegetables Cabbage Green bean Sweet pe ...

PESTICIDE USE IN THE SANTA ELENA AREA Katharine Griffith survey of pesticide use, management prac- tices, and poisonings was adm ...

THE PIG FARM: "SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE" OR "AN ABOMINATION'? Katherine Griffith he pig farm conflict in Monteverde in the early ...