Determination of conservation priorities in regions with multiple political jurisdictions

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3623-3630

  Schmeller, Dirk S ^a,b   Bauch, Bianca ^a   Gruber, Bernd ^a   Juškaitis, Rimvydas ^c   Budrys, Eduardas ^c   Babij, Valerija ^d   Lanno, Kaire ^e   Sammul, Marek ^e   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 VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^e ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Conservation policy support; Conservation priorities; National responsibility; Species conservation; Threat status in Europe

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; NATIONAL PLANNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 56549126599     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9446-9     Document Type: Article

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