The conservation value of restored landfill sites in the East Midlands, UK for supporting bird communities

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1879-1893

  Rahman, Md Lutfor ^a   Tarrant, Sam ^a,b   McCollin, Duncan ^a   Ollerton, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Conservation; Grassland; Landfill; Restoration; UK

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HEDGEROW; LANDFILL; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ENGLAND; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; PASSER MONTANUS; PERDIX PERDIX; STURNUS VULGARIS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 79960174884     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0064-6     Document Type: Article

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