Azteca chess: Gamifying a complex ecological process of autonomous pest control in shade coffee

• Published in: Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 232; pp. 190 - 198
• Main Authors: García-Barrios, Luis, Perfecto, Ivette, Vandermeer, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 16.09.2016
• Subjects: adults; agroecosystems; Arthropoda; arthropods; Autonomous pest control; Azteca; Coleoptera; Ecological complexity game; Educational board-game; extinction; Formicidae; games; Hymenoptera; insect larvae; natural history; oviposition; parasitic wasps; people; pest control; scale insects; Shade cofee; Trait mediated interactions; Shade cofee; Ecological complexity game; Educational board-game; Trait mediated interactions; Autonomous pest control

⿢Cascading trait mediated interactions (CTMI) can be critical for shade-coffee pest control.⿢Learning CTMI dynamically can help social actors grasp their complexity and importance.⿢Fascinating arthropod behaviors implied in CTMI need to be appropriately simulated.⿢Azteca Chess gamifies such behavior...