Effects of land use on nocturnal birds in a Mediterranean agricultural landscape

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-182

  Moreno Mateos, David ^a,b   Benayas, José M Rey ^b   Pérez Camacho, Lorenzo ^b   De La Montaña, Enrique ^b   Rebollo, Salvador ^b   Cayuela, Luis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

agricultural intensification; agricultural landscape; farmland; nightjar; owl; population conservation; Stone Curlew

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RAPTOR;

SPAIN;

ASIO FLAMMEUS; ASIO OTUS; ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES; BUBO BUBO; BURHINUS OEDICNEMUS; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGUS; OTUS SCOPS; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 84858198635     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164511X625946     Document Type: Article

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