Field, landscape and regional effects of farmland management on specialist open-land birds: Does body size matter?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 303-310

  Concepción, Elena D ^a   Díaz, Mario ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Bird size; Landscape composition; Landscape connectivity; Open land birds; Regional effects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; BODY SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AVES;

EID: 80051592520     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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