Nesting strategy predicts farmland bird response to agricultural intensity

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 143-147

  Bas, Yves ^a   Renard, Mathilde ^a   Jiguet, Frédéric ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural statistics; Farmland biodiversity; Hedgerows; Nest site location

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CROP YIELD; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NEST SITE; NESTING; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 70349226813     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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