Heterogeneity and the trade-off between ecological and productive functions of agro-landscapes: A model of cattle-bird interactions in a grassland agroecosystem

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-49

  Sabatier, Rodolphe ^a   Doyen, Luc ^b   Tichit, Muriel ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Grassland; Grassland birds; Landscape; Lapwing; Model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; AVIFAUNA; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; WADER;

FRANCE; MARAIS POITEVIN; POITOU-CHARENTES;

AVES; BOS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 84896690067     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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