Do meadow birds profit from agri-environment schemes in Dutch agricultural landscapes?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2949-2953

  Breeuwer, Angela ^a   Berendse, Frank ^a   Willems, Frank ^b   Foppen, Ruud ^b   Teunissen, Wolf ^b   Schekkerman, Hans ^b   Goedhart, Paul ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; European policy; Haematopus ostralegus; Limosa limosa; Time series; Tringa totanus; Vanellus vanellus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MEADOW; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STATE ROLE; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LIMOSA LIMOSA; TRINGA TOTANUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 70350574258     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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