Landscape composition influences farm management effects on farmland birds in winter: A pan-European approach

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 571-577

  Geiger, Flavia ^a   de Snoo, Geert R ^a,b   Berendse, Frank ^a   Guerrero, Irene ^c   Morales, Manuel B ^c   Oñate, Juan J ^c   Eggers, Sönke ^d   Pärt, Tomas ^d   Bommarco, Riccardo ^d   Bengtsson, Jan ^d   Clement, Lars W ^e   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^e   Olszewski, Adam ^f   Ceryngier, Piotr ^g   Hawro, Violetta ^g   Inchausti, Pablo ^h   Fischer, Christina ⁱ   Flohre, Andreas ⁱ   Thies, Carsten ⁱ   Tscharntke, Teja ⁱ  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f Kampinos National Park   (Poland)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Agricultural intensification; Arable; Farming practice; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARABLE FARMING; BIRD; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MANURE; ORGANIC FARMING; PASTURE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 78650735270     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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