Arable land and habitat diversity in Natura 2000 sites in Greece

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages 55-66

  Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^a,b   Tsiafouli, Maria A ^a   Pantis, John D ^a   Mazaris, Antonis D ^a   Matsinos, Yannis ^c   Sgardelis, Stefanos P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural decline; Biodiversity; Landscape metrics; Natura 2000; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849112454     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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