Open AccessBirds as qualitative bioindicators in farmlands
Author(s) -
Riccardo Groppali
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
rivista italiana di ornitologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2385-0833
pISSN - 0035-6875
DOI - 10.4081/rio.2012.129
Subject(s) - bioindicator , agroecosystem , geography , ecology , environmental quality , environmental resource management , agroforestry , environmental planning , agriculture , environmental science , biology , archaeology
Recent productive changes in agroecosystems have damaged many species of European birds. For this reason it is important to improve an evaluation method of environmental quality in farmlands, such as the one here proposed and not yet effectively tested, aimed also at bird conservation.