Is land abandonment having an impact on biodiversity? A meta-analytical approach to bird distribution changes in the north-western Mediterranean

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 450-459

  Sirami, Clélia ^a,b   Brotons, Lluis ^a,c,d   Burfield, Ian ^e   Fonderflick, Jocelyn ^f   Martin, Jean Louis ^a,g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^e BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Farmland; Habitat preference; Long term; Migrant; Population trend; Specialist

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES;

EID: 39749121067     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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