Linking agricultural policies to population trends of Swedish farmland birds in different agricultural regions

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 933-941

  Wretenberg, Johan ^a   Lindström, Åke ^b   Svensson, Sören ^b   Pärt, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Agri environment schemes; Agricultural intensification; CAP; Extensification; Population declines; Set aside; Specialists

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIODIVERSITY; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SET-ASIDE; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; CARDUELIS CANNABINA; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSER MONTANUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 34548385846     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01349.x     Document Type: Article

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