Turkey's globally important biodiversity in crisis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2752-2769

  Şekercioĝlu, Çaĝan H ^a,b   Anderson, Sean ^c   Akçay, Erol ^d   Bilgin, Raşit ^e   Can, Özgün Emre ^f   Semiz, Gürkan ^g   Tavşanoĝlu, Çaĝatay ^h   Yokeş, Mehmet Baki ⁱ   Soyumert, Anil ^h   Ipekdal, Kahraman ^j   Saĝlam, Ismail K ^h   Yücel, Mustafa ^k   Nuzhet Dalfes H ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b KuzeyDoĝa Derneĝi ^*  (Turkey)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ HALIC UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^l ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Climate change; Development; Ecosystem services; Endangered species; Endemism; Energy; Environmental education; Habitat fragmentation; Historic ecology; Management; Palearctic; Policy; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOT SPOT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; IRRIGATION; MIGRATION; PALEARCTIC REGION; POLICY MAKING; RANGELAND; REFORESTATION; STATE ROLE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR PLANT;

TURKEY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 83655191988     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.06.025     Document Type: Review

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