Response of ground-nesting farmland birds to agricultural intensification across Europe: Landscape and field level management factors
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Response of ground-nesting farmland birds to agricultural intensification across Europe: Landscape and field level management factors Irene Guerrero a,⇑, Manuel B. Morales , Juan J. Oñate , Flavia Geiger , Frank Berendse , Geert de Snoo , Sönke Eggers , Tomas Pärt , Jan Bengtsson , Lars W. Clement , Wolfgang W. Weisser , Adam Olszewski , Piotr Ceryngier , Violetta Hawro , Jaan Liira , Tsipe Aavik , Christina Fischer , Andreas Flohre , Carsten Thies , Teja Tscharntke h
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