The relationship between yellowhammer breeding performance, arthropod abundance and insecticide applications on arable farmland

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-91

  Hart, J D ^a   Milsom, T P ^a   Fisher, G ^a   Wilkins, V ^a   Moreby, S J ^b   Murray, A W A ^a   Robertson, P A ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Breeding productivity; Brood reduction; Chick diet; Chick growth rates; Indirect effects of insecticides; Population decline

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; DIET; GROWTH RATE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA;

EID: 33645106028     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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