Long-term effects of hedgerow management policies on resource provision for wildlife

Biological Conservation

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-29

  Staley, Joanna T ^a   Sparks, Tim H ^b,c,d   Croxton, Philip J ^a   Baldock, Katherine C R ^a,e   Heard, Matthew S ^a   Hulmes, Sarah ^a   Hulmes, Lucy ^a   Peyton, Jodey ^a   Amy, Sam R ^a   Pywell, Richard F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Berries; Birds; Crataegus monogyna; Entry Level Stewardship; Flowers; Hawthorn

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BIRD; FLOWER; FRUIT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HEDGEROW; OVERWINTERING; PHYTOMASS; SHRUB; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84856212959     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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