Effects of set-aside management on birds breeding in lowland Ireland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 178-184

  Bracken, Fintan ^a   Bolger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agri environmental scheme; Birds; Farm management; Redundancy analysis; Set aside

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SET-ASIDE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 33748947127     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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