Does organic farming benefit farmland birds in winter?

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-84

  Chamberlain, D E ^a   Joys, A ^a   Johnson, P J ^b   Norton, L ^c   Feber, R E ^b   Fuller, R J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Farming systems; Farmland bird indicator

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ARABLE LAND; BIRD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRANIVORY; HABITAT TYPE; ORGANIC FARMING; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WINTER;

AVES;

EID: 77449104353     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0643     Document Type: Article

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