Spatial planning for biodiversity conservation: Assessment of forest landscapes' conservation value using umbrella species requirements in Poland

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-23

  Edman, Tobias ^a   Angelstam, Per ^a   Mikusiński, Grzegorz ^a   Roberge, Jean Michel ^a   Sikora, Arkadiusz ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Distribution range; Ecoregional planning; Europe; Habitat models; High conservation value forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION VALUES; DISTRIBUTION RANGE; EUROPE; HABITAT MODEL;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; ORNITHOLOGY; RANGE EXPANSION; REGIONAL PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BELARUS; LITHUANIA; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; UKRAINE;

DENDROCOPOS LEUCOTOS; PICIDAE;

EID: 79957940324     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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