Predicting the effects of agricultural change on farmland bird populations in Poland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Sanderson, Fiona J ^a   Kloch, Agnieszka ^b   Sachanowicz, Konrad ^b   Donald, Paul F ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ogolnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptakow   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; European Union; Farmland birds; New member states; Species of European conservation concern (SPECs)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; CEREAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

AVES;

EID: 56749096634     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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