Wildflower areas within revitalized agricultural matrices boost small mammal populations but not breeding Barn Owls

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 553-564

  Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,b,c   Krähenbühl, Markus ^a   Almasi, Bettina ^b   Roulin, Alexandre ^d   Schaub, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Ecological compensation areas; Small mammals; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION COVER;

SWITZERLAND;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953913860     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0485-0     Document Type: Article

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