The recent declines of farmland bird populations in Britain: An appraisal of causal factors and conservation actions

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 579-600

  Newton, Ian ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 5344243795     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00375.x     Document Type: Review

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