Response of ground-nesting farmland birds to agricultural intensification across Europe: Landscape and field level management factors

Abstract

We conclude that while management actions aimed at farmland bird conservation taken at landscape level may exert a strong positive effect on overall bird densities, those taken at field level are also relevant, particularly for breeders and, therefore, may potentially influence the persistence of these species' populations. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Alauda arvensis; Breeding territories; Conservation; Skylark; Yield; Winter cereals

Published in

Biological Conservation
2012, volume: 152, pages: 74-80
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

SLU Authors

• Eggers, Sönke

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Pärt, Tomas

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Bengtsson, Jan

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation
Ecology
Zoology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.04.001

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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