Skylark (Alauda arvensis) utilisation of micro-habitats in spring barley fields

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-29

  Odderskær, Peter ^a   Prang, Allan ^a   Poulsen, John Grynderup ^b   Andersen, Per Nørmark ^c   Elmegaard, Niels ^c  

^a Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthropod food abundance; Crop phenology; Habitat preference; Radio telemetry; Skylark Alauda arvensis

Indexed keywords

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; HORDEUM VULGARE; POACEAE;

BARE GROUND; BARLEY; MICROHABITAT; SKYLARK; WHEEL TRACK;

EID: 0030619453     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01113-9     Document Type: Article

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