Patches of bare ground as a staple commodity for declining ground-foraging insectivorous farmland birds.

Conceived to combat widescale biodiversity erosion in farmland, agri-environment schemes have largely failed to deliver their promises despite massive financial support. While several common species have shown to react positively to existing measures, rare species have continued to decline in most E...

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Main Authors: Michael Schaub, Nicolas Martinez, Aline Tagmann-Ioset, Nadja Weisshaupt, Melanie L Maurer, Thomas S Reichlin, Fitsum Abadi, Niklaus Zbinden, Lukas Jenni, Raphaël Arlettaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2950849?pdf=render