Benefits of organic farming to biodiversity vary among taxa

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-434

  Fuller, R J ^a   Norton, L R ^b   Feber, R E ^c   Johnson, P J ^c   Chamberlain, D E ^a   Joys, A C ^a   Mathews, F ^c   Stuart, R C ^b   Townsend, M C ^c   Manley, W J ^d   Wolfe, M S ^e   Macdonald, D W ^c   Firbank, L G ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Biodiversity; Farming systems; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ORGANIC FARMING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; PLANT TAXONOMY; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 29144496595     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0357     Document Type: Article

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