Intensified agricultural land-use and bird conservation in Burkina Faso

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Soderstroma B ^a   Kiema, S ^b   Reid, R S ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IRD Centre d'Orleans   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Birds; Fallow; Land use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AVIFAUNA; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BURKINA FASO;

AVES;

EID: 0142072822     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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