Comparison of insect biodiversity between organic and conventional plantations in Kodagu, Karnataka, India

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Funding: We are indebted to The Third World Network (TWN), Malaysia, for their financial support for this study. Competing Interest: The authors declare no competing interests. Author Contribution: SM led field team, performed statistical analysis of data, contributed to writing of paper: KMK assisted with fieldwork; DJ was involved at all stages of project, especially initial design, statistical analysis, and manuscript preparation; MA identified all the ant species and discussed the relevance of the data; AG supervised the research plan and implementation of the field work and wrote up the paper.