Ecological contrasts drive responses of wintering farmland birds to conservation management

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 813-821

  Hammers, Martijn ^a   Müskens, Gerard J D M ^a   van Kats, Ruud J M ^a   Teunissen, Wolf A ^b   Kleijn, David ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LIMITING FACTOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WINTER;

AVES;

EID: 84937075822     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01060     Document Type: Article

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