The effect of 'mosaic management' on the demography of black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa on farmland

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1067-1075

  Schekkerman, Hans ^a,b,c   Teunissen, Wolf ^d   Oosterveld, Ernst ^e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e Altenburg and Wymenga Ecological Consultants   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Breeding productivity; Chick survival; Conservation; Grassland birds; Mowing date

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLEDGING; GRASS; MORTALITY; MOWING; NEST GUARDING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; WADER;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA;

EID: 46749157568     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01506.x     Document Type: Article

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