Quantifying the impact of land-use change to European farmland bird populations

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 348-357

  Butler, S J ^a   Boccaccio, L ^b   Gregory, R D ^b   Vorisek, P ^c   Norris, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Czech Society for Ornithology   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Agricultural intensification; European Farmland Bird Index; Land abandonment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDEX METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 77951022017     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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