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Does the method of set-aside establishment affect its use by wood mice?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2001

F. H. Tattersall ,
A. L. Fagiano ,
J. D. Bembridge ,
P. Edwards ,
D. W. Macdonald  and
B. J. Hart
F. H. Tattersall
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, U.K. The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6JS, U.K.
A. L. Fagiano
Affiliation:
School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Reading, U.K.
J. D. Bembridge
Affiliation:
ZENECA Agrochemicals, Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6ET, U.K.
P. Edwards
Affiliation:
ZENECA Agrochemicals, Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6ET, U.K.
D. W. Macdonald
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, U.K.
B. J. Hart
Affiliation:
The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6JS, U.K.
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Abstract

The set-aside scheme, whereby land is removed from arable production, is primarily aimed at manipulating agricultural surplus within the European Community, but has potentially great consequences for biodiversity and wildlife management (Feber et al., 1995; Macdonald et al., 1998; Sotherton 1998). Managed inappropriately, set-aside could prove environmentally damaging by reducing biodiversity and directly harming certain species, such as ground-nesting birds (Thompson, 1993). Conversely, appropriately managed set-aside could foster desirable ecological communities, with enhanced populations and biodiversity.

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SHORT COMMUNICATION
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Journal of Zoology , Volume 249 , Issue 4 , December 1999 , pp. 469 - 493
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© 1999 The Zoological Society of London

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