Low effect of young afforestations on bird communities inhabiting heterogeneous Mediterranean cropland

Low effect of young afforestations on bird communities inhabiting heterogeneous Mediterranean cropland

Afforestation programs such as the one promoted by the EU Common Agricultural Policy have spread tree plantations on former cropland. These afforestations attract generalist forest and ubiquitous species but may cause severe damage to open habitat species, especially birds of high conservation value...

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Veröffentlicht in:PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) CA), 2015-12, Vol.3, p.e1453-e1453, Article e1453
Hauptverfasser: Sánchez-Oliver, Juan S, Rey Benayas, José M, Carrascal, Luis M
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Afforestation
Agricultural land
Agricultural policy
Agriculture
Analysis
Animal behavior
Biodiversity
Birds
Breeding seasons
CAP
Conservation
Conservation Biology
Conservation status
Distance effects
Ecology
Land use
Land use types
Pine plantations
Plant breeding
Plantations
Predation
Protection and preservation
Regression analysis
Species richness
Wildlife conservation
Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:Afforestation programs such as the one promoted by the EU Common Agricultural Policy have spread tree plantations on former cropland. These afforestations attract generalist forest and ubiquitous species but may cause severe damage to open habitat species, especially birds of high conservation value. We investigated the effects of young (
ISSN:2167-8359
2167-8359
DOI:10.7717/peerj.1453