Effectiveness of the Italian national protected areas system in conservation of farmland birds: A gap analysis

Ardeola

Volumn 57, Issue SPEC. DECEMBER, 2010, Pages 51-64

  Campedelli, Tommaso ^a,b   Tellini Florenzano, Guido ^a,b   Guglielmo Londi, ^a,b   Simonetta Cutini, ^a,b   Fornasari, Lorenzo ^a,c  

^a Mito2000 National Committee   (Italy)

^b DREAm Italia   (Italy)

^c Fauna Viva   (Italy)

Author keywords

Farmland birds; Gap analysis; MaxEnt; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 79952157121     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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