Editors' introduction: Birds and agriculture

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 699-705

  Ormerod, Steve J ^a   Watkinson, A R ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Farming; Habitat management; Land use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; PHENOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033672357     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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