Ground flora, small mammal and bird species diversity in miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus) and reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea) fields

• Published in: Biomass and Bioenergy
• Main Authors: Semere, Tzehaye, Slater, Frederick Maurice
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2007
• Subjects: QH Natural history; Giganteus; Alauda arvensis; Vanellus vanellus
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/50249/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2006.07.001

Wildlife monitoring of two miscanthus and two reed canary-grass fields in Herefordshire, England was carried out in 2002, 2003 and 2004 to investigate the ecological impact of perennial biomass grass crops on ground flora, small mammals and birds. Quadrats were used to record percentage ground veget...