Identification of Farmland Bird Indicator Species for Practitioner Monitoring in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural intensification has resulted in bird population declines on farmland, with farmland bird specialists affected the most due their reliance on more traditional farming methods. Current voluntary breeding bird monitoring schemes across Europe require the observer to identify many species by sight and/or sound and often use complex survey methods and techniques, which might deter individuals from taking part. Indicator species provide a solution whereby only a few 'flagship' species need to be known to the observer, and these species indicate the status of the rest of the species within that taxon. Our aim was to determine if indicator species could be identified that correlated with the diversity or abundance of different bird communities present on farmland. We used breeding bir

SUBMITTER: McHugh NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12620028 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature