Effects of management on invertebrates and birds in extensively used grassland of Poland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 129-133

  Hoste Danyłow, Alexia ^a   Romanowski, Jerzy ^a,b   Zmihorski, Michał ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Abandoned grassland; Bird breeding season; Diversity; Horses; Meadow; Pasture

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HORSE; INVERTEBRATE; MEADOW; PASTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

POLAND;

AVES; EQUIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957326314     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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