Ground flora, small mammal and bird species diversity in miscanthus (Miscanthus×giganteus) and reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea) fields

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-29

  Semere, T ^a   Slater, F M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass crops; Birds; Field margins; Flora; Miscanthus; Reed canary grass; Small mammals; Species abundance; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS CROPS; MISCANTHUS; SPECIES ABUNDANCE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; BIRD; CENSUS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; GROUND COVER; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEREFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ANTHUS PRATENSIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; MISCANTHUS; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 33845445034     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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