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What attracts birds to newly mown pasture? Decoupling the action of mowing from the provision of short swards

C. L. Devereux, Auteur ; M. J. Whittingham, Auteur ; John Richard Krebs, Auteur ; E. Fernandez-Juricic, Auteur ; J. A. Vickery, Auteur

Dans Ibis (148(2) APR 2006)

Many bird species flock to forage on newly mown grass swards. Several potential benefits are offered by such swards, including increases in prey availability (flush of foliar prey, reduced physical obstruction to surface and soil prey) and a for[...]

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