Spatial and seasonal patterns of bird communities in Italian agroecosystems

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1547-1556

  Laiolo, Paola ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arable land; Bird diversity; Farmland; Vineyard

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; EMBERIZA; MOTACILLA; STURNUS VULGARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 28344454796     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.004376.x     Document Type: Article

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