Breeding birds in field boundaries in an agricultural landscape

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Sparks, T H ^a   Parish, T ^a   Hinsley, S A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hedgerows; Land use; Nest site selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BIRD; FIELD BOUNDARY; HEDGEROW; LAND USE; NEST SITE SELECTION;

EID: 0030274129     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01067-5     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Andrén, H., 1992. Corvid density and nest predation in relation to forest fragmentation: a landscape perspective. Ecology, 73: 794-804.
2. Andrew, J. and Rebane, M., 1994. Farming and Wildlife. A Practical Management Handbook. RSPB, Sandy, UK, 358 pp.
3. Cracknell, G.S., 1986. The effects on songbirds of leaving cereal crop headlands unsprayed. Res. Rep. No. 18. British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, 61 pp.
4. Fuller, R.J., 1984. The distribution and feeding behaviour of breeding songbirds on cereal farmland at Manydown farm, Hampshire, in 1984. A Report to the Game Conservancy Council. British Trust for Ornithology, Tring, 51 pp.
5. Green, R.E., Osborne, P.E. and Sears, E.J., 1994. The distribution of passerine birds in hedgerows during the breeding season in relation to characteristics of the hedgerow and adjacent farmland. J. Appl. Ecol., 31: 677-692.
6. Hatch, S.A., 1988. Testing for individual variation in breeding success. Auk, 105: 193-194.
7. Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E. and Newton, I., 1994. Persistence, loss and replacement of woodland birds in habitat patches in an arable landscape. In: J. W. Dover (Editor), Fragmentation in Agricultural Landscapes. International Association for Landscape Ecology (UK), Aberdeen, pp. 161-167.
8. Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E., Newton, I. and Sparks, T.H., 1995. Habitat and landscape factors influencing the presence of individual breeding bird species in woodland fragments. J. Avian Biol., 26: 94-104.
9. Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E., Newton, I. and Sparks, T.H., 1996. Influences of population size and woodland area on bird species distributions in small woods. Oecologia, 105: 100-106.
10. Hosmer, D.W. and Lemeshow, S., 1989. Applied Logistic Regression. John Wiley, New York, 307 pp.
11. Inglis, I.R., Wright, E. and Lill, J., 1994. The impact of hedges and farm woodlands on woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) nest densities. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ., 48: 257-262.
12. Krebs, J.R., 1971. Territory and breeding density in the Great tit, Parus major. Ecology, 52: 1-22.
13. Lack, D., 1971. Ecological Isolation in Birds. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, 404 pp.
14. Lack, P., 1992. Birds on lowland farms. HMSO, London, 140 pp.
15. Locke, G.M.L., 1987. Census of woodlands and trees 1979-82. For. Comm. Bull. 63, HMSO, London, 123 pp.
16. Macdonald, D.W. and Johnson, P.J., 1995. The relationship between bird distribution and the botanical and structural characteristics of hedges. J. Appl. Ecol., 32: 492-505.
17. Marchant, J. and Gregory, R., 1993. Seed-eater declines: new results from farmland CBC. BTO News, 189: 8-9.
18. Marchant, J.H., Hudson, R., Carter, S.P. and Whittingdon, P., 1990. Population trends in British Breeding Birds. British Trust for Ornithology, Tring, pp. 164-165.
19. Mason, C.F., 1976. Breeding biology of the Sylvia warblers. Bird Study, 23: 213-232.
20. Moore, N.W., 1968. The conservation of animals. In: M.D. Hooper and M.W. Holdgate (Editors), Hedges and Hedgerow Trees. Monks Wood Symposium No. 4. The Nature Conservancy Council, Abbots Ripton, UK, pp. 53-57.
21. O'Connor, R.J., 1987. Environmental interests of field margins for birds. In: J.M. Way and P.W. Greig-Smith (Editors), Field Margins. BCPC, Thornton Heath, pp. 35-48.
22. O'Connor, R.J. and Shrubb, M., 1986. Farming and Birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 290 pp.
23. Parish, T., Lakhani, K.H. and Sparks, T.H., 1994a. Modelling the relationship between bird population variables and hedgerow and other field margin attributes. I. Species richness of winter, summer and breeding birds. J. Appl. Ecol., 31: 764-775.
24. Parish, T., Sparks, T.H. and Lakhani, K.H., 1994b. Models relating bird species diversity and abundance to field boundary characteristics. In: T.A. Watt and G.P. Buckley (Editors), Hedgerow Management and Nature Conservation. Wye College Press, Wye, UK, pp. 58-79.
25. Parslow, J.L.F., 1969. Breeding birds of hedges. Monks Wood Experimental Station Report 1966-68. Nature Conservancy Council, London, pp. 21.
26. Rands, M.R.W. and Sotherton, N.W., 1987. The management of field margins for the conservation of gamebirds. In: J.M. Way and P.W. Greig-Smith (Editors), Field Margins. BCPC, Thornton Heath, pp. 95-104.
27. Spellerberg, I.F, and Gaywood, M.J., 1993. Linear features: linear habitats and wildlife corridors. Res. Rep. No. 60, English Nature, Peterborough, 74 pp.
28. Stoate, C. and Szczur, J., 1994. Nest site selection and territory distribution of yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) and whitethroat (Sylvia communis) in field margins. In: N.D. Boatman (Editor), Field Margins: Integrating Agriculture and Conservation. BCPC, Farnham, pp. 129-132.
29. Wyllie, I., 1976. The bird community of an English parish. Bird Study, 23: 39-50.