Habitat associations and breeding success of yellowhammers on lowland farmland

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 789-805

  Bradbury, Richard B ^a   Kyrkos, Antonios ^a   Morris, Antony J ^a   Clark, Stéphanie C ^a   Perkins, Allan J ^a   Wilson, Jeremy D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Conservation; Field margins; Population decline

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033672364     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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