Avian diversity in a temperate tree-based intercropping system from inception to now

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 905-916

  Gibbs, Sophie ^a   Koblents, Hanita ^b   Coleman, Brent ^a,c   Gordon, Andrew ^a   Thevathasan, Naresh ^a   Wiliams, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Department of Education and Early Childhood Development   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Williams and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Avian biodiversity; Fragmentation; Habitat loss; Land use change; Migratory birds; Temperate agroforestry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROECOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INTERCROPPING; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; SALIX ARBUSCULOIDES;

EID: 84957945660     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-016-9901-7     Document Type: Article

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