Bird use of cultivated fallow 'Lapwing plots' within English agri-environment scheme

Bird Study

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-297

  Chamberlain, Dan ^a   Gough, Su ^a   Anderson, Guy ^b   MacDonald, Michael ^b   Grice, Phil ^c   Vickery, Juliet ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Northminster House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CULTIVATION; PASSERINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ALAUDIDAE; AVES; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 71949096475     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792114     Document Type: Article

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