Implications of Rice Agriculture for Wild Birds in China.

The article discusses the effect of traditional and modern methods of Chinese rice agriculture on wild birds. It states that traditional practices of rice cultivation such as planting just one crop a year and fallow flooding have a positive effect on certain bird species such as Crested Ibis. The modern technique in rice farming which uses pesticides and other types of agrochemicals are implicated to be the cause of the decline of the Black-faced Spoonbill. Further detailed studies are reportedly needed to validate such observations.