Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-150

  Durant, D ^a   Tichit, M ^b   Fritz, H ^c   Kerneis E ^a  

^a UE 57 SLP   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Breeding waders; Grazing; Sward structure; Water surface; Wet grasslands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING POPULATION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; WADER;

AVES; BOS; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 49049121819     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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