Great tits Parus major and blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus as indicators of agri-environmental habitat quality

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 178, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-38

  Redhead, J W ^a   Pywell, R F ^a   Bellamy, P E ^b   Broughton, R K ^a   Hill, R A ^c   Hinsley, S A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Indicator species; Landscape structure

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOINDICATOR; CANOPY; DATA SET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HEDGEROW; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIDAR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84880995987     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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