Effects of changes in farming of subalpine meadows on a grassland bird, the whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-23

  Müller, Mathis ^a   Spaar, Reto ^a   Schifferli, Luc ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SCHWEIZERISCHE VOGELWARTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agricultural practice; Alps; Ground nesting songbird; Meadow cultivation; Saxicola rubetra

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AVIFAUNA; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; MOWING; POPULATION DECLINE;

AVES; PASSERI; SAXICOLA RUBETRA;

EID: 12444292225     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-004-0059-0     Document Type: Article

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