Beyond the reserves: The role of non-protected rural areas for avifauna conservation in the area of Barcelona (NE of Spain)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-151

  Santos, Katherine C ^a,b   Pino, Joan ^a   Rodà, Ferran ^a   Guirado, Maria ^a   Ribas, Josep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Entença 6   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds directive; Conservation; Land cover diversity; Reserve design; SPEC; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS;

BIRDS DIRECTIVES; LAND COVER DIVERSITIES; RESERVE DESIGNS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIRDS;

AVIFAUNA; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NESTING; RESERVE DESIGN; RURAL AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 38049082532     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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