Protected areas in Europe: Principle and practice

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1134, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-119

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Jackson, Sarah F ^a   Nagy, Arnold ^a   Cantú Salazar, Lisette ^a   Johnson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation planning; Europe; Natura 2000; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

EID: 45449091781     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1439.006     Document Type: Review

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