Toward more concern for specialisation and less for species diversity in conserving farmland biodiversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1493-1500

  Filippi Codaccioni, Ondine ^a   Devictor, Vincent ^b   Bas, Yves ^a   Julliard, Romain ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Habitat heterogeneity; Indicators; Specialist species; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRANCE;

EID: 77954817467     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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