Agri-environment schemes and foraging of barn owls Tyto alba

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 109-114

  Askew, Nicholas P ^a   Searle, Jeremy B ^a   Moore, Niall P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Conservation; Grassland management; Habitat; Small mammals; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 33751264885     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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