The effectiveness of volunteer nest protection on the nest success of Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus on Dutch arable farms

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 667-673

  Kragten, Steven ^a,c   Nagel, Jan C ^b   De Snoo, Geert R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Landschapsbeheer Flevoland   (Netherlands)

^c Vogelbescherming Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arable; Desertion; Organic farming; Predation

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BROOD DESERTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEST GUARDING; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; ORGANIC FARMING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 52649141535     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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