Birds and green lanes: Breeding season bird abundance, territories and species richness

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 540-547

  Walker, M P ^a   Dover, J W ^a   Hinsley, S A ^b   Sparks, T H ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird abundance; Farmland birds; Field boundaries; Green lanes; Hedges; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; CONNECTIVITY; HEDGEROW; LAND USE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

AVES; CRATAEGUS; LANES;

EID: 24944489244     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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