New method and criteria for national assessments of threatened habitat types

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3861-3876

  Kontula, Tytti ^a   Raunio, Anne ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Ecological communities; Extinction risk; Red List; Threat categories; Threatened biotopes; Threatened habitats

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RED LIST;

EID: 71049134932     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9684-5     Document Type: Article

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