Agri-environment scheme enhances small mammal diversity and abundance at the farm-scale

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 192, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-129

  Broughton, Richard K ^a   Shore, Richard F ^a   Heard, Matthew S ^a   Amy, Sam R ^a   Meek, William R ^c   Redhead, John W ^a   Turk, Anthony ^b   Pywell, Richard F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Field View   (United Kingdom)

^c Midfield Ecology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AES; Arable; Field margins; Voles; Wood mouse

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ENGLAND; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; CRICETIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; MUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 84901636587     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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