Cropland use by birds wintering in arable landscape in south-western Poland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 273-279

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arable habitats; Crop management; Land abandonment; Seed eating birds; Set aside; Stubble fields; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIELD SURVEY; LAND USE; SEED PREDATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

AVES; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 33745212261     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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