Effect of winter cutting on the passerine breeding assemblage in French Mediterranean reedbeds .

Autor: Poulin, Brigitte, Lefebvre, Gaëtan
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Zdroj: Biodiversity & Conservation; Sep2002, Vol. 11 Issue 9, p1567, 14p
Abstrakt: Presents a study to quantify the effect of reed cutting in the Mediterranean region through a comparative analysis of water regime, vegetation structure, arthropod distribution and passerine assemblage at cut and uncut reedbeds in southern France. Details of the study; Results; Conclusion that the juxtaposition of annually cut and never cut reed patches appears as the only sustainable alternative for the Mediterranean region; Conservation value of an optimal mosaic design of cut and uncut reed patches.
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