Assessing the conservation value of waterbodies: The example of the Loire floodplain (France)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2427-2444

  Chantepie, S ^a   Lasne, E ^a   Laffaille, P ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Floodplain; Hierarchical organization; Management; Origin index; Rarity index; Waterbody

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDEX METHOD; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRESSURE EFFECT; PRIORITIZATION; TAXONOMY; TERRITORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FRANCE; LOIRE; RHONE-ALPES;

EID: 80052536565     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-9994-2     Document Type: Article

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