Landscape-moderated importance of hedges in conserving farmland bird diversity of organic vs. conventional croplands and grasslands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2020-2027

  Batáry, Péter ^a   Matthiesen, Theda ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Alauda arvensis; Emberiza citrinella; Hedge length; Landscape complexity; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMPLEXITY; GRASSLAND; HEDGEROW; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; ORGANIC FARMING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WHEAT;

GERMANY;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77955094319     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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