Characterizing the marine Natura 2000 network for the Atlantic region

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-97

  Johnson, M P ^a   Crowe, T P ^b   Mcallen, R ^c   Allcock, A L ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coherence; Dispersal; Metapopulation; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; METAPOPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39149093987     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.827     Document Type: Article

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