A standardized procedure for surveillance and monitoring European habitats and provision of spatial data

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-25

  Bunce, R G H ^a   Metzger, M J ^a,b   Jongman, R H G ^a   Brandt, J ^c   De Blust, G ^d   Elena Rossello, R ^e   Groom, G B ^f   Halada, L ^g   Hofer, G ^h   Howard, D C ⁱ   Kovar P ^j   Mucher C A ^a   Padoa Schioppa, E ^k   Paelinx, D ^c   Palo, A ^l   Perez Soba, M ^a   Ramos, I L ^m   Roche, P ⁿ   Skanes H ^o   Wrbka, T ^p  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f Kalø   (Denmark)

^g INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^h AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^m INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

ⁿ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^o STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Field recording; General habitat categories; Monitoring; Raunkiaer plant life forms; Stratified sampling; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD METHOD; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PLANT; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DATA; STANDARDIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 37449018248     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9173-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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