Nocturnal field use by wintering Skylark Alauda arvensis on intensive farmlands

• Main Authors: ERAUD, Cyril, CORDA, Eve
• Other Authors: Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Direction des Etudes et de la Recherche, Réserve de Chizé, Carrefour de la Canauderie, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, FRA, Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Direction des Etudes et de la Recherche, Saint-Benoist, BP 20, 78617 Le Perray-en-Yvelines, FRA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Société nationale de protection de la nature et d'acclimatation de France, Paris (FRA) 2004
• Subjects: Nocturne; Terre agricole; Alauda arvensis; France; Agriculture intensive; Choix habitat; Végétation; Champ cultivé; Nuit; Comportement alimentaire; Régime alimentaire; Ecologie; Agroécosystème; Hivernage; Nocturnal; Farmland; Intensive farming; Habitat selection; Vegetation; Cultivated field; Night; Feeding behavior; Diet; Ecology; Agroecosystem; Overwintering; Phare
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2042/55622

Few studies investigate ecological requirements of wintering Skylark Alauda arvensis, most dealing with diet or diurnal field occupancy. This paper presents original data about the nocturnal field use by wintering Skylarks on intensive farmlands in western France. In December 2000 and January 2001,...