Early rotation short rotation willow coppice as a winter food resource for birds

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2545-2553

  Fry, D A ^a   Slater, F M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable weed seeds; Short rotation willow coppice; SRC; Wales; Winter bird food resource

Indexed keywords

SHORT ROTATION WILLOW COPPICE; SRC; WALES; WEED SEED; WINTER BIRD FOOD RESOURCE;

CROPS; SEED;

ROTATION;

ARABLE FARMING; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIRD; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ENERGY CROP; FEEDING GROUND; GRANIVORY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PASTORALISM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

AVES; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM VULGARE; FRINGILLIDAE; SALIX; TURDIDAE;

EID: 79958086029     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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