Local extinctions and changes in species richness of lowland farmland birds in England and Wales in relation to recent changes in agricultural land-use

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Chamberlain, D E ^a   Fuller, R J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmland birds; Local extinction; Lowland; Pastoral systems; Principal components analysis; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; EXTINCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; BRASSICA NAPUS; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MILIARIA CALANDRA; MOTACILLA FLAVA; PASSER MONTANUS; PERDIX PERDIX; PHRAGMITES; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; STREPTOPELIA TURTUR; TESTUDINES; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TURTUR; VANELLUS VANELLUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033952664     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00105-X     Document Type: Article

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