Effects of agri-environment management for cirl buntings on other biodiversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1477-1492

  MacDonald, Michael A ^a   Cobbold, Gail ^a,e   Mathews, Fiona ^b   Denny, Matthew J H ^c   Walker, Leila K ^a,f   Grice, Philip V ^d   Anderson, Guy Q A ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Denny Ecology   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e Adonis Ecology Limited   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Bats; Bumblebees; Butterflies; Carabid beetles; Cirl bunting; Plant species richness reduced input farming; Spring barley

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BARLEY; BAT; BEE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CIRLUS; HORDEUM; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84860355681     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0258-6     Document Type: Article

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