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Damage to cereal crops by larks in north‐western Iraq
Author(s) -
HALSE S. A.,
TREVENEN H. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1986.tb07665.x
Subject(s) - biology , digging , grazing , cultivar , agronomy , poaceae , agroforestry , geography , archaeology
SUMMARY Two types of lark‐caused damage occurred in cereal crops in north‐western Iraq: grazing by skylarks and digging by calandra larks. The level of damage in large‐scale cereal plantings was low but extensive damage, resulting in lowered grain yields, occurred in some experimental trials and made evaluation of cereal cultivars difficult. The amount of grazing varied amongst cultivars, differences being more pronounced with grazing than digging.