Long-term changes of farmland game populations in a post-socialist country (Hungary)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 307-311

  Báldi, András ^a   Faragó, Sándor ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agri enviromental program; Brown hare; Grey partridge; History; Socialist agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FERTILIZER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SMALL MAMMAL; SOCIALISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

BOS TAURUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 33751172328     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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