The relative abundance of birds on set-aside and neighbouring fields in summer

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 335-347

  Henderson, Ian G ^a   Cooper, Jonathan ^b   Fuller, Robert J ^a   Vickery, Juliet ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Conservation; Farmland birds; Foraging

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; SET-ASIDE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; COLUMBA; CORVIDAE; EMBERIZINAE; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; GRAMVOROUS; GRAMVOROUS PASSERRINES; PASSERIDAE; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0034012037     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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