The effects of management regimes and location in landscape on the conservation of farmland birds breeding in semi-natural pastures

Biological Conservation

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-123

  Pärt, Tomas ^a   Söderström, Bo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Farmland birds; Flora; Location in landscape; Management; Pasture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PASTURE;

SWEDEN;

AVES;

EID: 0344004862     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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