A framework for designing ecological monitoring programs for protected areas: A case study of the Galachos del Ebro Nature Reserve (Spain)

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-33

  Atauri Mezquida, José A ^a   De Lucio Fernández, José V ^a   Muñoz Yangüas, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Servicio Provincial de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Evaluation; Indicators; Monitoring programs; Protected area management

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

EFFECTIVENESS; INDICATORS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY;

DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROTECTED AREA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROCESS DESIGN; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SPAIN;

ARAGON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALACHOS DEL EBRO NATURE RESERVE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD; ZARAGOZA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPAIN;

EID: 21444456645     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0051-0     Document Type: Article

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