Farmland birds in southern Ontario: Field use, activity patterns and vulnerability to pesticide use

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-254

  Boutin, Céline ^a   Freemark, Kathryn E ^a   Kirk, David A ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Aquila Conservation & Environment Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds in agriculture; Crop field use; Field edge; Ontario Canada; Pesticide risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; PESTICIDE;

CANADA;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM; CARDUELIS TRISTIS; CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; DENDROICA PETECHIA; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; GLYCINE MAX; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; POOECETES GRAMINEUS; QUISCALUS; QUISCALUS QUISCULA; SPIZELLA PASSERINA; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VITIS; VITIS SP.; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033593888     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(98)00181-9     Document Type: Article

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