Conservation focus on europe: Major conservation policy issues that need to be informed by conservation science

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 818-824

  Pullin, Andrew S ^a   BÁldi, András ^b,h   Can, Ozgun Emre ^c   Dieterich, Martin ^d   Kati, Vassiliki ^e   Livoreil, Barbara ^f   LÖvei, Gabor ^g   MihÓk, Barbara ^h   Nevin, Owen ⁱ   Selva, Nuria ^j   Sousa Pinto, Isabel ^k  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^f SOPTOM   (France)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^j INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

Ciencia relevante para la pol tica; Conservaci n basada en evidencia; Intercambio de conocimiento; Interfaz ciencia pol tica

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67650456203     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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