Identifying set-aside features for bird conservation and management in northeast Iberian pseudo-steppes

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-300

  McMahon, Barry J ^a   Giralt, David ^b   Raurell, Montse ^b   Brotons, Lluís ^b   Bota, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ORDINATION; PROTECTED AREA; SET-ASIDE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

AVES; BURHINUS OEDICNEMUS; CALANDRELLA BRACHYDACTYLA; MELANOCORYPHA CALANDRA; TETRAX TETRAX;

EID: 77956482813     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063651003749680     Document Type: Article

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