Effects of water level and grassland management on alpha and beta diversity of birds in restored wetlands

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 587-595

  Zmihorski, Michal ^a   Pärt, Tomas ^a   Gustafson, Tomas ^a,b   Berg, Åke ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Länsstyrelsen i Örebro Län   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Diversity partitioning; Farmland; Flooding; Grassland management; Landscape composition; Meadows; Restoration; Waders; Wet grassland birds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WADER; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

SWEDEN;

AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 84958899507     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12588     Document Type: Article

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