Forecasting the potential impacts of CAP-associated land use changes on farmland birds at the national level

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 176, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-23

  Chiron, François ^a   Princé, Karine ^a,b   Paracchini, Maria Luisa ^c   Bulgheroni, Claudia ^c   Jiguet, Frédéric ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; CAP scenarios; FBI; France; Land use changes; Scale effect

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUROPEAN UNION; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCALE EFFECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FRANCE;

EID: 84879428849     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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