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APPENDIX 2 REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF ENTRY LEVEL STEWARDSHIP AGRI-ENVIRONMENT OPTIONS ON FARMLAND BIRDS INTRODUCTION Agriculture in Britain, and more widely in Europe, witnessed profound changes in the latter half of the 20th century, characterised by the adoption of increasingly intensive management practices. Coincident with, and precipitated by, this period of agricultural intensification, biodiversity associated with farmland has experienced widespread decreases and impoverishment. In particular, the decline of farmland birds is well documented. For example, Siriwardena et al. (1998) dem