Quantifying changes in abundance of food plants for butterfly larvae and farmland birds

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 398-414

  Smart, S M ^a   Firbank, L G ^a   Bunce, R G H ^a   Watkins, J W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Conservation; Countryside survey; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AVIFAUNA; BUTTERFLY; FOOD SUPPLY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ELYTRIGIA REPENS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0034124229     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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