Does organic farming benefit farmland birds in winter?

Journal article

The generally higher biodiversity on organic farms may be influenced by management features such as no synthetic pesticide and fertilizer inputs and/or by differences in uncropped habitat at the site and landscape scale. We analysed bird and habitat data collected on 48 paired organic and conventional farms over two winters to determine the extent to which broad-scale habitat differences between systems could explain overall differences in farmland bird abundance. Density was significantly hi...

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Authors: Chamberlain, D; Joys, A; Johnson, P; Norton, L; Feber, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Biology letters
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 82-84
• Publication date: 2010-02-01
• DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0643
• EISSN: 1744-957X
• ISSN: 1744-9561
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Population Density; Seasons; Models, Biological; Species Specificity; Birds; Ecosystem; Agriculture; Great Britain; Biodiversity; Health Food