Contrasting distributions of grassland and arable birds in heterogenous farmlands: Implications for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 176, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-251

  Teillard, Félix ^a   Antoniucci, Delphine ^a   Jiguet, Frédéric ^b   Tichit, Muriel ^a  

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

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Configuration; Farmland birds; Heterogeneity; Land use; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HETEROGENEITY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84902954948     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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