Determination of national conservation responsibilities for species conservation in regions with multiple political jurisdictions

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3607-3622

  Schmeller, Dirk S ^a,b   Gruber, Bernd ^a   Bauch, Bianca ^a   Lanno, Kaire ^c   Budrys, Eduardas ^d   Babij, Valerija ^e   Juškaitis, Rimvydas ^d   Sammul, Marek ^c   Varga, Zoltan ^f   Henle, Klaus ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Distribution range; Europe; Evaluation methods; International importance; National responsibility; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NATIONAL PLANNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 56549104918     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9439-8     Document Type: Article

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