Changes in bird populations on sample lowland English farms in relation to loss of hedgerows and other non-crop habitats

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 120-127

  Gillings, Simon ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmland birds; Habitat degradation; Habitat loss; Hedgerows; Population declines

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DECLINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031683613     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050570     Document Type: Article

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