Evaluating the benefits of CAP reforms: Can afforestations restore bird diversity in Mediterranean Spain?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 483-495

  Santos, Tomás ^a   Tellería, José L ^a   Díaz, Mario ^b   Carbonell, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Espacios Naturales   (Spain)

Author keywords

CAP subsidies; Conservation value; Farming landscapes; Forest bird richness; Holm oak woodlands; Mediterranean Sylvia warblers; Pine afforestations

Indexed keywords

AVES; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; SYLVIA;

EID: 33749666163     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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