Selection criteria of protected forest areas in Europe: The theory and the real world

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2795-2806

  Branquart, Etienne ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^b   Latham, James ^c  

^a Belgian Biodiversity Platform   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Countryside Council for Wales Maes y Ffynnon ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest planning; Reserve design; Reserve selection; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PERSISTENCE; PROTECTED AREA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 53849113286     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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