The potential for integration of environmental data from regional stratifications into a European monitoring framework

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-57

  Ortega, Marta ^a   Metzger, Marc J ^b   Bunce, Robert G H ^c   Wrbka, Thomas ^d   Allard, Anna ^e   Jongman, Rob H G ^c   Elena Rosselló, Ramón ^a  

^a Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biodiversity observation network; environmental stratification; Kappa statistic; map comparison; monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STRATIFICATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84855445068     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2011.575698     Document Type: Article

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