Effects of crop diversification and low pesticide inputs on bird populations on arable land

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Henderson, Ian G ^a   Ravenscroft, Neil ^b   Smith, Gail ^c   Holloway, Stephen ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wildside Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird densities; Crop rotations; Farmland birds; Landscape heterogeneity; Sustainable farming

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE LAND; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PESTICIDE; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 56449116534     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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