Importance of ecological compensation areas for small mammals in intensively farmed areas

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-158

  Aschwanden, Janine ^a,b   Holzgang, Otto ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Density of small mammals; Ecological compensation area; Intensive agriculture; Microtus arvalis; Vole

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548013742     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[150:IOECAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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