Can intensive agricultural landscapes favour some raptor species? The Marsh harrier in north-eastern Spain

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 382-390

  Cardador, L ^a   Carrete, M ^b,c   Manosa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arable; Artificial ecosystems; Conservation; Habitat change; Preference; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARABLE LAND; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MARSH; NESTING; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WETLAND;

SPAIN;

AVES; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 79960842790     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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