Farmland biodiversity and the footprint of agriculture

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5810, 2007, Pages 381-384

  Butler, S J ^a   Vickery, J A ^b   Norris, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; FOOTPRINT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING; FORAGING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; HABITAT; POLICY; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AVES;

EID: 33846570386     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1136607     Document Type: Article

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