Preventing biotic homogenization of farmland bird communities: The role of High Nature Value farmland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 148, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-88

  Doxa, Aggeliki ^a   Paracchini, Maria Luisa ^b   Pointereau, Philippe ^c   Devictor, Vincent ^d   Jiguet, Frédéric ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Ecl Sup d'Agriculture de Purpan   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Community Specialization Index; Farmland Bird Indicator; Farmland specialist species; Low intensity agriculture; Past land use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOMOGENEITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

AVES;

EID: 84855163920     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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