Hatching dates of waders and mowing dates in intensively exploited grassland areas in different years

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 213-218

  Kruk, M ^a   Noordervliet, M A W ^a   Ter Keurs, W J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

breeding success; conservation; grassland intensification; mowing; temperature sums; waders

Indexed keywords

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT; LAPWING;

EUROPE;

LIMOSA LIMOSA; TRINGA TOTANUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0030303761     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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