Lists of protected land and freshwater molluscs in the Bern Convention and European Habitats Directive: Are they relevant to conservation?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-31

  Bouchet, Philippe ^a   Falkner, Gerhard ^b   Seddon, Mary B ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Staatssammlung F Anthropologie P   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Europe; Legal protection; Mollusca; Red List; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DECLINE;

EID: 0032917060     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00009-9     Document Type: Article

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