Between land abandonment and agricultural intensification: Habitat preferences of Red-backed Shrikes Lanius collurio in low-intensity farming conditions

Bird Study

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-167

  Brambilla, Mattia ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^b   Guidali, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FARMING SYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LANIIDAE; LANIUS COLLURIO;

EID: 34447504062     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461471     Document Type: Article

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