Interactions between livestock systems and biodiversity in South-East Ireland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 232-238

  McMahon, Barry J ^a   Helden, Alvin ^a,b   Anderson, Annette ^a   Sheridan, Helen ^a   Kinsella, Anne ^c   Purvis, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bird populations; Conservation ecology; Dairy farm; Invertebrate abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMING SYSTEM; FIELD MARGIN; LINEARITY; LIVESTOCK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWARD;

IRELAND;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957365491     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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