The decline of ground-nesting birds in the agrarian landscape of Italy

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-90

  Massa, Bruno ^a   La Mantia, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ARABLE LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRANIVORY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ITALY;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; CALANDRELLA BRACHYDACTYLA; EMBERIZA CALANDRA; GALERIDA CRISTATA; LULLULA ARBOREA; MELANOCORYPHA CALANDRA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956369071     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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