A landscape approach to biodiversity and biological health planning: The Map of Italian Nature

Ecosystem Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 294-311

  Zurlini, Giovanni ^a   Amadio, Vittorio ^b   Rossi, Orazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Ministry of Environment   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; MAPPING; METHODOLOGY;

ITALY;

EID: 0033499937     PISSN: 10762825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0992.1999.09948.x     Document Type: Article

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