Evaluating the benefits of agri-environment schemes on farmland bird communities through a common species monitoring programme. A case study in northern Italy

Gianpiero Calvi, Tommaso Campedelli, Guido Tellini Florenzano and Patrizia Rossi

Agricultural Systems, 2018, vol. 160, issue C, 60-69

Abstract: Biodiversity in agricultural environments is considered to be undergoing steep declines in most European countries. Among taxa which experienced consistent decreases, birds are of central importance, both for their value as ecological indicators and for the high number of species of conservation concern associated with agricultural ecosystems.

Keywords: Agri-environment schemes; Farmland birds; Organic farming; Landscape structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.09.002

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