Patterns of bird abundance and habitat use in rice fields of the Kanto Plain, central Japan

• Published in: Ecological Research
• Main Author: Maeda, Taku
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Midwinter; Alauda arvensis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00418.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1440-1703.2001.00418.x; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00418.x/fullpdf

Rice fields, the most widespread cropland in Japan, provide important habitat for birds, but few studies have examined bird communities that are influenced by agriculture in rice fields. I studied the seasonal pattern of bird abundance and their habitat preferences in terms of agricultural habitats...