Habitat management and patterns of predation of Northern Lapwings on wet grasslands: The influence of linear habitat structures at different spatial scales

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 314-324

  Eglington, Sarah M ^a   Gill, Jennifer A ^a   Smart, Mark A ^b   Sutherland, William J ^c   Watkinson, Andrew R ^a   Bolton, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding waders; Grazing marsh; Habitat management; Lapwing; Predation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREDATION; WADER;

MAMMALIA; SCOLOPACIDAE; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 58149229356     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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