Avifauna trends following changes in a Mediterranean upland pastoral system

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 337-347

  Fonderflick, Jocelyn ^a,b   Caplat, Paul ^b,c   Lovaty, François ^d   Thévenot, Michel ^e   Prodon, Roger ^e  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NONE   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Bird community; Extensive pastoralism; Land use change; Landscape

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PASSERINE; PASTORALISM; REMOTE SENSING; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANTHUS CAMPESTRIS; AVES; CARDUELIS CANNABINA; EMBERIZA HORTULANA; OVIS ARIES; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA; PYRRHULA PYRRHULA; SERINUS CITRINELLA; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77951024831     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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