Ecological networks as conceptual frameworks or operational tools in conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1414-1422

  Boitani, Luigi ^a   Falcucci, Alessandra ^a,b   Maiorano, Luigi ^a,b   Rondinini, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Core areas; Corridors; Ecological networks; Focal species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 37349131658     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00828.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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