Assessing ecological equivalence in biodiversity offset schemes: Key issues and solutions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2991-2999

  Quétier, Fabien ^a   Lavorel, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity offsets; Compensation ratio; Ecological compensation; Ecological equivalence; Environmental impact assessment; German Eingriffsregelung; Habitat equivalency analysis; Mitigation hierarchy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 83555163671     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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