Resumen de Geographical, landscape and habitat effects on birds in Northern Spanish farmlands: implications for conservation

José Luis Tellería Jorge, Alvaro Ramírez, Aitor Galarza Ibarrondo, Roberto Carbonell, Javier Pérez-Tris

• Farmland habitats in northern Spain are local hotspots of bird richness, sustaining various increasingly rare species and housing huge numbers of migratory birds in winter. This makes them a key habitat for bird conservation. However, they are being negatively affected by conversion to tree plantations, urban developments and infrastructures.