Ecological management of a Mediterranean mountainous reserve (Pindos National Park, Greece) using the bird community as an indicator

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Kati, Vassiliki ^a   Dimopoulos, Panayotis ^a   Papaioannou, Haritakis ^a,b   Poirazidis, Kostas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Center of Biological and Cultural Diversity   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecological structure; Forest management; Indicators; NATURA 2000; Passerines; Protected area

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE RESERVE; PASSERINE; RESERVE DESIGN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PINDUS MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; FAGUS; PICIDAE;

EID: 59849091480     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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