Has Danish agriculture maintained farmland bird populations?

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 427 - 439
• Main Author: Fox, A.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.06.2004; Blackwell Science; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: agricultural intensification; Agriculture; Agroecology; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal populations; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; avian conservation; Aviculture; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Birds; Breeding; Crops; distribution change; Farmlands; Forum Papers; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agroecology; General agroecology. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development. Rural area planning. Landscaping; General agronomy. Plant production; General aspects; Generalities. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development; Intensive production; Organic farming; PCA; population change; Species; Denmark; Europe; United Kingdom > UK; Intensive farming; Fauna; Vanellus vanellus; Farmland; Limicolous; Population decline; Agroecosystem; Vertebrata; Ecosystem; Environment impact; Agriculture; Aves; Animal conservation; Ecological abundance

1. Rapid agricultural change in western Europe has occurred in the last three decades, at cost to farmland biodiversity, particularly birds. This study reviewed agricultural change in Denmark from 1983 to 2001, to compare patterns of intensification and farmland bird abundance with the UK. 2. Change...