Landscape, cropping and field boundary influences on bird abundance

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-173

  Siriwardena, Gavin M ^a   Cooke, Ira R ^b,c   Sutherland, William J ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WOODLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

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EID: 84856211835     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06839.x     Document Type: Article

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