Monitoring agroforest plots under the scope of the COMCHA project. 1. Baseline data for the "Vale da Fonte Plot" in Pico Island (Azores)

Preprint ARPHA Preprints https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e174322 (09 Oct 2025) https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e174322 (09 Oct 2025) Published in: Biodiversity Data Journal https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e174244 Other versions: - Preprint InfoPreprint Info - CiteCite - MetricsMetrics - CommentComment - RelatedRelated - CitedCited ARPHA Preprints doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e174322 First posted 09 Oct 2025 Authors University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy University of Azores, CE3C—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE —Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500-321, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal IUCN SSC Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal University of Azores, CE3C—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE —Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d’Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal LIBRe – Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland University of Azores, CE3C—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE —Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d’Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal Vale da Fonte, São Roque, Azores, Portugal University of Azores, CE3C—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE —Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d’Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal University of Azores, CE3C—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE —Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d’Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal Paulo Borges - Corresponding author University of Azores, CE3C—Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE —Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capitão João d’Ávila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal IUCN SSC Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal IUCN SSC Monitoring Specialist Group, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal Conflict of interest The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Supporting agencies Field work was financed by the project EU BIODIVERSA + COMCHA Community-based change: local and traditional knowledge(s) in NbS, through a Grant from Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT). AOS, DHL and PAVB lab work was financed by FCT-UID/00329/2025 - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C) and by the Regional Directorate for Science, Innovation and Development [Regional Government of the Azores] through the PROSCIENTIA Incentive System (M1.1.A/FUNC.UI&D/021/2025 [UI&D/GBA/2025]). This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.