Ecological classification of land and conservation of biodiversity at the national level: The case of Italy

Biological Conservation

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-183

  Capotorti, Giulia ^a   Guida, Domenico ^b   Siervo, Vincenzo ^b   Smiraglia, Daniela ^b   Blasi, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation strategies; Environmental quality assessment; Gap analysis; Hierarchical approach; Land unit

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; MONITORING; PROTECTED AREA;

ITALY;

EID: 84858156502     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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