From research to implementation: Nature conservation in the Eastern Rhodopes mountains (Greece and Bulgaria), European Green Belt

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-201

  Schindler, Stefan ^a,f   Curado, Nuno ^a   Nikolov, Stoyan C ^b   Kret, Elzbieta ^c   Cárcamo, Beatriz ^c   Catsadorakis, Giorgos ^c   Poirazidis, Kostas ^d   Wrbka, Thomas ^a   Kati, Vassiliki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c WWF Greece   (Greece)

^d IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conservation in practice; Conservation management; Conservation recommendations; Dadia National Park; Evidence based conservation; Nature conservation; Policy; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESEARCH; TOURISM;

BULGARIA; DADIA NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EVROS; GREECE; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79958275243     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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