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Titre :	Successful meadowbird protection after ten years of reserve management In the Eempolder, The Netherlands
Auteurs :	Jan Roodhart, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vogelwelt (Die) (135(1) 2014)
Article en page(s) :	19-28
Résumé :	The meadowbird reserve Eemland was formed during the 1980s in a land consolidation. The reserve is situated in an open polder landscape of 7,000 hectares and covers, in several sites, almost 370 hectares of meadowbird grassland. The largest coherent site combines 220 hectares. Until 2001, grassland management undertaken by farmers resulted in nutrient-rich meadows with very low biodiyersity. After the purchase of the land in 2001, new management was established With a few breeding pairs of Black-tailed Godwit still remaining on site. During the first years the water table was adjusted and the landscape openness was restored. All meadows were leased to local farmers - altogether almost

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