Land-use heterogeneity by small-scale agriculture promotes amphibian diversity in montane agroforestry systems of northeast Colombia

Highlights:

• Agricultural management has a strong influence on amphibian species
  richness and diversity
• With the exception of high intensity cattle pasture, diversity was generally highest in
  agriculturally used sites particularly in shaded plantations.
• Species composition differed markedly between
  different land-use types, indicating that there was not a single best land-use type that supported all species.
• In human modified
  montane forest landscapes small-scale agriculture that generates landscape heterogeneity should therefore be
  promoted to effectively safeguard biodiversity.

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