Calandra lark habitat selection: Strong fragmentation effects in a grassland specialist

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-73

  Morgado, Rui ^a   Beja, Pedro ^b,d   Reino, Luís ^b,c   Gordinho, Luís ^b   Delgado, Ana ^a   Borralho, Rui ^b   Moreira, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Conservation; Farmland bird; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat selection; Steppe bird; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AFFORESTATION; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSPECIFIC; FALLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SHRUB; STEPPE;

PORTUGAL;

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; MELANOCORYPHA CALANDRA;

EID: 73949106113     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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