Agricultural land-use in the surrounding landscape affects moorland bird diversity

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 578-583

  Dallimer, Martin ^a   Marini, Lorenzo ^b   Skinner, Andrew M J ^a   Hanley, Nick ^c   Armsworth, Paul R ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Biodiversity conservation; Grassland; Landscape

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOORLAND; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PLUVIALIS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 78650737801     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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