Responses of common buzzard (Buteo buteo) and Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) to land use changes in agricultural landscapes of Western France

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 152-159

  Butet, Alain ^a   Michel, Nadia ^a   Rantier, Yann ^a   Comor, Vincent ^a   Hubert Moy, Laurence ^b   Nabucet, Jean ^b   Delettre, Yannick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

Diurnal avian raptors; Farming landscape; Food partitioning; GIS; Land use; Numerical response; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CARRYING CAPACITY; CULTIVATION; GIS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEDGEROW; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; RAPTOR; SMALL MAMMAL;

FRANCE;

AVES; BUTEO BUTEO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES;

EID: 77955088875     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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