Conserving bird species in Japanese farmland: Past achievements and future challenges

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1913-1921

  Amano, Tatsuya ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural damage; Agricultural intensification; Fallow fields; Habitat heterogeneity; Population status; Rice fields

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANSER; ARDEIDAE; AVES; GRUIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 67949099050     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.025     Document Type: Article

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