Designing lowland landscapes for farmland birds: Scenario testing with GIS

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 275-296

  Swetnam, Ruth D ^a   Wilson, Jeremy D ^b   Whittingham, Mark J ^c   Grice, Philip V ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Landscape change; Models; Scenarios; Skylark; Yellowhammer

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FARMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; VISUALIZATION;

CROPPING; FARMLAND BIRDS; HABITAT VARIATION; LOWLAND LANDSCAPES;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; VISUALIZATION;

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA;

EID: 14044272045     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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