Adequacy of winter stubble maintenance for steppe passerine conservation in central Spain

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 667-671

  Suárez, Francisco ^a   Garza, Vicente ^b   Oñate, Juan J ^a   Garcia De La Morena E L ^a   Ramirez A ^a   Morales, Manuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b C/ Santovenia 10   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alaudidae; Anthus pratensis; Birds; Dry land agriculture; Habitat

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; PASSERINE; STEPPE; STUBBLE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ALAUDIDAE; ANTHUS; ANTHUS PRATENSIS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 9644289443     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.01.025     Document Type: Article

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