Population trends of farmland birds in Sweden and England: Similar trends but different patterns of agricultural intensification

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1110-1120

  Wretenberg, Johan ^a   Lindström, Åke ^b   Svensson, Sören ^b   Thierfelder, Tomas ^a   Pärt, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Land abandonment; Population change; Population declines; Set aside; Winter cereals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 33750572206     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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