Response of the small mammal community to changes in western French agricultural landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-278

  De La Peña, Norma Millá ^a   Butet, Alain ^a   Delettre, Yannick ^a   Paillat, Gilles ^a   Morant, Philippe ^b   Le Du, Laurence ^b   Burel, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Barn Owl; Biodiversity; Farming landscapes; Multivariate statistical analysis; Small mammal community

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FECAL PELLET; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAMMAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAPTOR;

MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037810246     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024452930326     Document Type: Article

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