BACC project
Biodiversity, Agriculture and Conservation in Colombia / Biodiversidad, Agricultura y Conservacion en Colombia (BACC)
As the most species-rich nation on Earth, Colombia has a key role to play in averting the global extinction crisis. The BACC project quantifies the biodiversity and ecosystem service values of the Tropical Andes, Choco-Magdalena, and Llanos of Colombia, and how agriculture affects these values. In doing so, BACC identifies core pathways for conservation as Colombia seeks to develop a sustainable bioeconomy.
The BACC project involves a network of researchers from Colombia, Europe and USA who work in close collaboration with researchers from the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt. BACC was founded and is co-directed by David Edwards (the University of Sheffield) and Torbjorn Haugaasen (Norwegian University of Life Sciences).
BACC publications
32. López-Bedoya, Cardona-Galvis EA, Urbina-Cardona JN, Edwards FA, Edwards DP (2022) Impacts of pastures and forestry plantations on herpetofauna: a global meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology in press.
30. Socolar JB, Fernando-Castaño J, Arango J (2022) Noteworthy bird records from the Araracuara area, Amazonas and Caquetá, Colombia. Registros notables de aves de los alrededores de Araracuara, Amazonas y Caquetá, Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana, 21, 1-9.
29. Socolar JB, Peña A (2022) Noteworthy bird records from the Tamá massif and adjacent areas, Norte de Santander, Colombia. Registros notables de aves del macizo Tamá y alrededores, Norte de Santander, Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana, 21, 1-9.
26. Socolar SJ, Mills SC, Haugaasen T, Gilroy JJ, Edwards DP (2022) Biogeographic multi-species occupancy models for large-scale survey data. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9328.
24. Sæbø JS, Socolar JB, Parra-Sanchez E, Woodcock P, Medina-Uribe CA, Edwards DP, Haugaasen T (2022) Ignoring variation in wood density drives substantial bias in biomass estimates across spatial scales. Environmental Research Letters, 17, 054002.
23. Mills SC, Socolar JB, Edwards FA, Parra E, Freckleton RP, Ochoa Quintero JM, Barlow J, Edwards DP (2022) High sensitivity of tropical forest montane birds to deforestation at lower altitudes. Ecology, e3867.
21. Davies, R W, Edwards, D P, Medina, C A, Cardenas-Bauista, J S, Haugassen, T, Gilroy, J J, and Edwards, F A (2021) Replacing low-intensity cattle pasture with oil palm conserves dung beetle functional diversity when paired with forest protection. Journal of Environmental Management, 283, 112009.
20. Grima, N, Edwards, D P, Edwards, F A, Petley, D A, and Fisher, B (2020) Protection from landslides: The economics of an often-overlooked ecosystem service. Science of the Total Environment, 745, 141128.
19. Edwards, F A, Massam, M R, Cannon, P, Cosset, C C P, Haugaasen, T, Gilroy, J J, and Edwards, D P (2021) Sparing land for secondary forest regeneration protects more tropical biodiversity than land sharing in cattle farming landscapes. Current Biology, 31, 1284-1293.
18. Davies, R W, Edwards, D P, and Edwards, F A (2020) Secondary tropical forests recover dung beetle functional diversity and trait composition. Animal Conservation, 23, 617-627.
17. Hethcoat, M, King, B J, Fernandez Castiblanco, F, Ortiz-Sepúlveda, C M, Prada Achiardi, F C, Edwards, F A, Medina, C, Gilroy, J J, Haugaasen, T, and Edwards, D P (2019) The impact of secondary forest regeneration on ground-dwelling ant communities of the Tropical Andes. Oecologia, 191, 475-482.
16. Cannon, P G, Gilroy, J J, Tobias, J A, Haugaasen, T, Anderson, A, and Edwards, D P (2019) Land-sparing farming sustains higher avian functional diversity than does land sharing. Global Change Biology, 25, 1576-1590.
15. López-Ricaute, L, Edwards, D P, Romero, N, and Gilroy, J J (2017) Impacts of oil palm expansion on avian biodiversity in a Neotropical natural savannah. Biological Conservation, 213, 225-233.
14. González del Pliego, P, Scheffers, B R, Basham, E W, Araujo, M, Acosta-Galvis, A R, Medina, C A, Haugaasen, T, Freckleton, R P, and Edwards, D P (2020) Thermal tolerance and the importance of microhabitats for Andean frogs in the context of to land-use and climate change. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89, 2451-2460.
12. Edwards, D P, Massam, M R, Haugaasen, T, and Gilroy, J J (2017) Secondary forest regeneration conserves high levels of avian phylogenetic diversity. Biological Conservation, 209, 432-439.
11. Basham, E W, González del Pliego, P, Woodcock, P, Medina, C A, Gilroy, J J, and Edwards, D P (2016) Amphibian recovery in tropical Andean secondary forests. Animal Conservation, 19, 548-560.
10. González del Pliego, P, Scheffers, B R, Basham, E W, Woodcock, P, Wheeler, C E, Gilroy, J J, Medina, C A, Haugaasen, T, Freckleton, R P, and Edwards, D P (2016) Thermally buffered microhabitats recovery in tropical secondary forests following land abandonment. Biological Conservation, 201, 385-395.
9. Prescott, G W, Gilroy, J J, Haugaasen, T, Medina, C A, Foster, W A, and Edwards, D P (2016) Reducing the negative impacts of Neotropical oil palm development on functional diversity. Biological Conservation, 197, 139-145.
8. Scheffers, B R, Edwards, D P, Macdonald, S L, Senior, R A, Andriamahohatra, L R, Roslan, N, Rogers, A M, Haugaasen, T, Wright, P, and Williams, S E (2017) Extreme thermal heterogeneity in structurally complex tropical rain forests. Biotropica, 49, 35-44.
7. Edwards, D P, Gilroy, J J, Thomas, G H, Medina, C A, and Haugaasen, T (2015) Land-sparing agriculture best protects avian phylogenetic diversity. Current Biology, 25, 2384-2391.
6. Prescott, G W, Gilroy, J J, Medina, C A, Haugaasen, T, Foster, W A, and Edwards, D P (2016) Managing Neotropical oil palm expansion to retain phylogenetic diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53, 150-158.
5. Gilroy, J J, Medina, C A, Haugaasen, T, and Edwards, D P (2015) Effect of scale on trait predictors of species responses to agriculture. Conservation Biology, 29, 463-472.
4. Gilroy, J J, Prescott, G W, Cardenas, J S, Castaneda, P, Medina, C A, Haugaasen, T, and Edwards, D P (2015) Minimising the biodiversity impact of Neotropical oil palm development. Global Change Biology, 21, 1531-1540.
3. Gilroy, J J, Edwards, F A, Medina, C A, Haugaasen, T, and Edwards, D P (2014) Surrounding habitats mediate the trade-off between land-sharing and land-sparing agriculture in the tropics. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 1337-1346.
2. Gilroy, J J, Woodcock, P, Edwards, F A, Wheeler, C E, Baptiste, B L G, Medina, C A, Haugaasen, T, and Edwards, D P (2014) Cheap carbon and biodiversity co-benefits from forest regeneration in a hotspot of endemism. Nature Climate Change, 4, 503-507.
1. Gilroy, J J, Woodcock, P, Edwards, F A, Wheeler, C E, Medina, C A, Haugaasen, T, and Edwards, D P (2014) Optimising carbon and biodiversity co-benefits in tropical agricultural landscapes. Global Change Biology, 20, 2162-2172.