How High Nature Value (HNV) farmland is related to bird diversity in agro-ecosystems - Towards a versatile tool for biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 194, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-64

  Aue, Birgit ^a   Diekötter, Tim ^a   Gottschalk, Thomas K ^b   Wolters, Volkmar ^a   Hotes, Stefan ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Forest Sciences   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Biodiversity indicator; Bird diversity; High nature value farmland; Semi natural elements

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERALIST; SPECIALIST;

GERMANY;

AVES;

EID: 84903517277     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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