Mosaic-level inference of the impact of land cover changes in agricultural landscapes on biodiversity: A case-study with a threatened Grassland bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Moreira, Francisco ^a   Silva, João P ^a,b,c   Estanque, Beatriz ^b   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^b   Lecoq, Miguel ^d   Pinto, Márcia ^c   Leitão, Domingos ^d   Alonso, Ivan ^c   Pedroso, Rui ^c   Santos, Eduardo ^c   Catry, Teresa ^c   Silva, Patricia ^d   Henriques, Inês ^a   Delgado, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^d SPEA Society for the Protection and Study of Birds   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CASE STUDY; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PORTUGAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TETRAX TETRAX;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84862504931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038876     Document Type: Article

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