Effects of changes in farming of subalpine meadows on a grassland bird, the whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

The increasing intensity of farming of meadows is supposed to be the major cause for strong declines of many meadow breeding birds. The whinchat, Saxicola rubetra, a Palaearctic migratory bird, is an indicator species of open grassland farmed at a low intensity. Originally widespread throughout Swit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of ornithology 2005-01, Vol.146 (1), p.14-23
Hauptverfasser:	Müller, Mathis, Spaar, Reto, Schifferli, Luc, Jenni, Lukas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Birds Breeding success Grasslands Immigration Indicator species Meadows Migratory birds Mowing Population Population dynamics Population viability Saxicola rubetra
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