Roadless and low-traffic areas as conservation targets in Europe

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 865-877

  Selva, Nuria ^a   Kreft, Stefan ^b,c   Kati, Vassiliki ^d   Schluck, Martin ^b,c   Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^e   Mihok, Barbara ^f   Okarma, Henryk ^g   Ibisch, Pierre L ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

^c Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Conservation law; Conservation targets; Fragmentation; Natura 2000; Transport policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION LAW; CONSERVATION TARGETS; FRAGMENTATION; NATURA 2000; TRANSPORT POLICY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON FIXATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GERMANY; HABITAT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LANDSCAPE; LAW; LOW TRAFFIC AREA; ROADLESS AREA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN RENEWAL;

GERMANY;

EID: 80054750778     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9751-z     Document Type: Article

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