Post-war changes in arable farming and biodiversity in Great Britain

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 157-176

  Robinson, Robert A ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Landscape diversity; Pesticide use; Population declines; Seed eating birds; Soil seed banks

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POST-WAR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES;

EID: 0036196741     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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