Comparing conventional and organic olive groves in central Greece: Plant and bird diversity and abundance

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-316

  Solomou, Alexandra ^a   Sfougaris, Athanassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

biodiversity; bioindicators; conventional; olive groves; organic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ORGANIC FARMING; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREECE; MAGNESIA; THESSALY;

AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS; SYLVIA HORTENSIS;

EID: 80855131636     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170511000111     Document Type: Article

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