Seasonal changes in small mammal assemblages from field boundaries in an agricultural landscape of western France

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 364-369

  Butet, Alain ^a   Paillat, Gilles ^a   Delettre, Yannick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Community; Field boundaries; Habitat quality; Seasonal changes; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIELD MARGIN; HABITAT QUALITY; SEASONALITY; SMALL MAMMAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; MAMMALIA; SOREX CORONATUS;

EID: 32144449026     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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