Influence of spatial and temporal dynamics of agricultural practices on the lesser kestrel

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-108

  Catry, Inês ^a   Amano, Tatsuya ^a,b   Franco, Aldina M A ^c   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Breeding success; Dynamic landscapes; Falco naumanni; Farmland management; Spatially explicit behaviour based model

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; CEREAL; COLONY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HARVESTING; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NESTLING; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STEPPE; SURVIVAL;

FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 84855919372     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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