Is breeding of farmland wading birds depressed by a combination of predator abundance and grazing?

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-258

  Van Der Wal, R ^a,b   Palmer, S C F ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Farmers; Lapwing; Livestock grazing; Oystercatcher; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; GRAZING; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORIALITY; WADER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 43249126976     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0012     Document Type: Article

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