A review and a framework for the integration of biodiversity monitoring at the habitat level

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3341-3356

  Lengyel, Szabolcs ^a,b   Kobler, Andrej ^c   Kutnar, Lado ^c   Framstad, Erik ^d   Henry, Pierre Yves ^e   Babij, Valerija ^f   Gruber, Bernd ^g   Schmeller, Dirk ^g,h   Henle, Klaus ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Biodiversity research strategy; Ecosystem monitoring; Habitats directive; Nature conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND COVER; MAPPING; NATURE CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 56549115884     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9359-7     Document Type: Review

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