Farmland bird communities in an agricultural landscape in Northwest Russia: Seasonal and spatial patterns

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 183, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-85

  Herzon, Irina ^a   Marja, Riho ^b   Menshikova, Svetlana ^c   Kondratyev, Alexander ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Agrolandscape; Conservation on farmland; Field use; Habitat types; Intra seasonal variation; Land use mosaic; Non breeding birds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIRD; HABITAT USE; LAND USE PLANNING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84887899613     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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