Summer bird abundance and distribution on set-aside fields on intensive arable farms in England

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-59

  Henderson, Ian G ^a   Vickery, Juliet A ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARABLE LAND; AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; SET-ASIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034024141     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00260.x     Document Type: Article

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