Impacts of an agri-environment field margin prescription on the flora and fauna of arable farmland in different landscapes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 36-44

  Marshall, E J P ^a   West, T M ^a   Kleijn, D ^b  

^a Marshall Agroecology Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bees; Biodiversity; Birds; Carabidae; Field size; Flora; Landscape; Orthoptera; Sown margin strips; Spiders

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; FIELD MARGIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION;

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

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; AVES; CARABIDAE; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; LINYPHIIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 32144433333     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.08.036     Document Type: Article

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