Pond conservation: From science to practice

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 634, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Oertli, Beat ^a   Céréghino, Régis ^b   Hull, Andrew ^c   Miracle, Rosa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Europe; Management; Ponds; Small waterbodies; Temporary pools

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS; BEST PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY; GROUND MANAGEMENT; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS; INTERNATIONAL POLICIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; NORTH AFRICA; POLICY MAKERS; SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; TEMPORARY POOLS; THREATENED SPECIES; VALENCIA; WATERBODIES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EPHEMERAL POOL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY MAKING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67949084803     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9891-9     Document Type: Article

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