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Habitat changes in British lowland landscapes and their
implications for bird populations

by Rob Fuller

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Habitat loss, habitat deterioration and habitat fragmentation
3. Agriculture
4. Issues concerning forestry, woodland and scrub
  4.1 Afforestation of open habitats in the lowlands
4.2 Planting of broadleaved woods with conifers
4.3 Decline in traditional woodland management
4.4 Increases in deer
4.5 Successional development of scrub and woodland
4.6 Creation of new woods on farmland
5. Expansion of the built environment

 

 

 

References and Acknowledgements

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