10.1594/PANGAEA.892792Classen, AliceAliceClassen0000-0002-7813-8806Ferger, Stefan WStefan WFergerHelbig-Bonitz, MariaMariaHelbig-BonitzPeters, Marcell KarlMarcell KarlPeters0000-0002-1262-0827Schmack, JuliaJuliaSchmackSchleuning, MatthiasMatthiasSchleuning0000-0001-9426-045XBöhning-Gaese, KatrinKatrinBöhning-Gaese0000-0003-0477-5586Steffan-Dewenter, IngolfIngolfSteffan-Dewenter0000-0003-1359-3944PANGAEA2018Event labelHabitatPlotALTITUDESample IDDescriptionTreatmentNumberMassCountsIndexPresence/absenceDATE/TIMEKilimanjaro Research Group (KiLi)2012-05-02T00:00:00/2012-11-30T00:00:00Supplementary Dataset10.1098/rspb.2013.3148https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.89472169120 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 UnportedWild animals substantially support crop production by providing ecosystem services, such as pollination and natural pest control. However, the strengths of synergies between ecosystem services and their dependencies on land-use management are largely unknown. Here, we took an experimental approach to test the impact of land-use intensification on both individual and combined pollination and pest control services in coffee production systems at Mount Kilimanjaro. We established a full-factorial pollinator and vertebrate exclosure experiment along a land-use gradient from traditional homegardens (agroforestry systems), shaded coffee plantations to sun coffee plantations (total sample size = 180 coffee bushes). The exclusion of vertebrates led to a reduction in fruit set of ca 9%. Pollinators did not affect fruit set, but significantly increased fruit weight of coffee by an average of 7.4%. We found no significant decline of these ecosystem services along the land-use gradient. Pest control and pollination service were thus complementary, contributing to coffee production by affecting the quantity and quality of a major tropical cash crop across different coffee production systems at Mount Kilimanjaro.Treatment description: Poll (Pollinator): 2 randomly selected twigs of the tree where covered with gauze during coffee blossom to exclude pollinators - two randomly selected twigs were marked as control twigs, Vert (Vertebrate Exclosure): The whole coffee tree was covered with a net to exclude vertebrates (birds and bats) - two twigs were selected,
Poll/Vert: combination of Poll and Vert on one tree, Control: open control with two selected twigs. On all selected twigs we counted fruitsets and harvested the fruits for quality assessment.....Supplement to: Classen, Alice; Peters, Marcell Karl; Ferger, Stefan W; Helbig-Bonitz, Maria; Schmack, Julia; Maassen, G; Schleuning, Matthias; Kalko, Elisabeth K V; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf (2014): Complementary ecosystem services provided by pest predators and pollinators increase quantity and quality of coffee yields. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281(1779), 20133148-2013314837.1937.6-3.34-3.19Mount Kilimanjaro, TanzaniaGerman Research Foundationhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659107847609Kilimanjaro Research Group