1. In the Colombian Amazon, there has been long-term and sustained loss of primary forest threatening biodiversity and climate change mitigation. Silvopastoral practices that integrate trees into livestock production could help address both local economic and wider environmental challenges.
2. We aimed to assess the effects of silvopastoral practices on invertebrate communities on smallholder farms in Caquetá, Colombia. Using sweep nets and malaise trapping, invertebrate communities were compared between traditional pasture, silvopasture and forest edge habitats.
3. Invertebrate communities collected using sweep nets were contrasting among habitat types, communities were significantly different between traditional pasture and forest edge habitats and diversity and evenness were greatest in forest edges compared to traditional pastures. It appears that silvopasture areas, by supporting similar invertebrate assemblages to both traditional pasture and forest edges, may be acting as an intermediate habitat.
4. When individual invertebrate orders were compared, Lepidoptera and Coleoptera were found in greater abundance in the forest edge habitats, while Hemiptera were more abundant in traditional pasture. Hemipterans are often pests of forage plants in pasture systems and these differences in abundance may have implications for ecosystem services and disservices.
5. Silvopastoral approaches cannot replace the unique biodiversity supported by native forests but could deliver benefits for invertebrate conservation and ecosystem services if integrated into landscapes.

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林牧系统有利于哥伦比亚卡克塔热带畜牧场的无脊椎动物生物多样性

1. 在哥伦比亚亚马逊地区，原始森林长期持续丧失，威胁到生物多样性和减缓气候变化。将树木融入畜牧生产的林牧做法有助于解决当地经济和更广泛的环境挑战。
2. 我们的目的是评估林牧实践对哥伦比亚卡克塔小农农场无脊椎动物群落的影响。使用清扫网和不适诱捕，对传统牧场、森林牧场和森林边缘栖息地的无脊椎动物群落进行了比较。
3. 使用扫网收集的无脊椎动物群落在栖息地类型之间存在对比，传统牧场和森林边缘栖息地之间的群落存在显着差异，并且与传统牧场相比，森林边缘的多样性和均匀度最大。看来，森林牧场地区通过支持与传统牧场和森林边缘类似的无脊椎动物群落，可能充当中间栖息地。
4. 当比较各个无脊椎动物目时，发现鳞翅目和鞘翅目在森林边缘栖息地更加丰富，而半翅目在传统牧场更加丰富。半翅目动物通常是牧场系统中饲料植物的害虫，这些丰度差异可能会对生态系统服务和损害产生影响。
5. 林牧方法不能取代原生森林支持的独特生物多样性，但如果融入景观中，可以为无脊椎动物保护和生态系统服务带来好处。