Influence of landscape and field-level agricultural management on a mediterranean farmland winter bird community

Ardeola

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-65

  Morales, Manuel B ^a   Oñate, Juan J ^a   Guerrero, Irene ^a   Meléndez, Leandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Corn bunting; Fallow; Habitat diversity; Meadow pipit; Partial least square regression; Skylark; Spain; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934268988     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: 23410825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13157/arla.62.1.2015.49     Document Type: Article

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