Resource availability and the persistence of seed-eating bird populations in agricultural landscapes: A mechanistic modelling approach

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Butler, Simon J ^a   Mattison, Elizabeth H A ^a   Glithero, Neryssa J ^a   Robinson, Lynsey J ^a   Atkinson, Philip W ^b   Gillings, Simon ^b   Vickery, Juliet A ^a,c   Norris, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depletion model; Granivorous passerines; Habitat quality; Monte Carlo; Over winter stubble; Resource availability; Seed survival

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GRANIVORY; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MODEL TEST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STUBBLE; SURVIVORSHIP;

AVES; CARDUELIS CANNABINA; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 77949280492     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01750.x     Document Type: Article

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