Field margins as foraging habitat for skylarks (Alauda arvensis) in the breeding season

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 170, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-15

  Kuiper, M W ^a   Ottens, H J ^b,d   Cenin, L ^b   Schaffers, A P ^a   van Ruijven, J ^a   Koks, B J ^b   Berendse, F ^a   de Snoo, G R ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Conservation management; Field margin; Foraging; Skylark; Spatial configuration

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FEEDING GROUND; FIELD MARGIN; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PASSERINE;

EUROPE;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES;

EID: 84876342121     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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