Corridor vs. hayfield matrix use by mammalian predators in an agricultural landscape

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Šálek, Martin ^a,b   Kreisinger, Jakub ^c   Sedláček, František ^a,b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Carnivores; Czech Republic; Doudlebia; Habitat corridors; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; GRASS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PREDATOR; SHRUB;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 69249206577     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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