Abundance of invertebrates and foraging success of Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa chicks in relation to agricultural grassland management

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-54

  Schekkerman, Hans ^a,b,c   Beintema, Albert J ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d BioWrite   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Arthropods; Chick survival; Dairy farming; Fertiliser; Foraging success; Meadow birds; Mowing date

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTHROPOD; DAIRY FARMING; FEEDING; FERTILIZER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; MOWING; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; WADER;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMOSA LIMOSA;

EID: 34347343745     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0105     Document Type: Article

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