Does land irrigation actually reduce foraging habitat for breeding lesser kestrels? The role of crop types

Biological Conservation

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 643-648

  Ursúa, Esperanza ^a   Serrano, David ^a,b   Tella, José L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Inst Mediterraneo Estud A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Crop types; Falco naumanni; Field margins; Habitat selection; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; IRRIGATION; RAPTOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; FALCO; FALCO NAUMANNI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 10044227526     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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