High trees increase sunflower seed predation by birds in an agricultural landscape of Israel

Natural habitats in agricultural landscapes promote agro-ecosystem services but little is known about negative effects (dis-services) derived by natural habitats such as crop seed predation. Birds are important seed predators and use high landscape structures to perch and hide. High trees in agricul...

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Main Authors: Jessica eSchäckermann, Noam eWeiss, Henrik evon Wehrden, Alexandra-Maria eKlein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2014.00035/full