Design of grassland feeding areas for waders during winter: The relative importance of sward, landscape factors and human disturbance

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-129

  Milsom, T P ^a   Ennis, D C ^a   Haskell, D J ^a   Langton, S D ^a   McKay, H V ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grassland; Landscape and logistic regression; Sward height; Waders

Indexed keywords

FEEDING HABITAT; GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; LANDSCAPE; SWARD HEIGHT; WADER;

EID: 0032080591     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00111-0     Document Type: Article

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