Habitat selection by yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella on lowland farmland at two spatial scales: Implications for conservation management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 270-280

  Whittingham, Mark J ^a,e   Swetnam, Ruth D ^b   Wilson, Jeremy D ^c   Chamberlain, Dan E ^d   Freckleton, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Akaike weights; Habitat management; Metapopulation; Passerines

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE;

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

AVES; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA;

EID: 18444367727     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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