Which regional features of Danish agriculture favour the corn bunting in the contemporary farming landscape?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 261-269

  Heldbjerg, Henning ^b  

^a A D )   (Denmark)

^b DOF BirdLife Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cereals; Farmland birds; Grassland; Population change; Spring barley; Winter stubble

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNUAL CYCLE; BARLEY; CONSERVATION STATUS; GRASSLAND; GUIDELINE; HABITAT USE; HUNTING; MIXED FARMING; POPULATION DECLINE; RECOVERY PLAN; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STUBBLE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; EMBERIZA; HORDEUM; MILIARIA CALANDRA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42049097461     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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