Intensity of agricultural land-use and farmland birds in the Baltic States

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Herzon, Irina ^a   Auninš, Ainars ^b   Elts, Jaanus ^c   Preikša, Zydrunas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Latvijas Dabas Fonds   (Latvia)

^c Estonian Ornithological Society   (Estonia)

^d VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Agri environmental policy; Biodiversity decline; Bird community; Breeding abundance; Ecological groups; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; LAND USE; BIODIVERSITY; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION DECLINE;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 40849124415     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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