Protected areas for seabirds in German offshore waters: Designation, retrospective consideration and current perspectives

Biological Conservation

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-135

  Garthe, Stefan ^a   Markones, Nele ^a   Mendel, Bettina ^a   Sonntag, Nicole ^a   Krause, Jochen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Federal Agency for Nature Conservation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds Directive; Distribution; Management; Marine protected area; Seabird; Site selection

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GERMANY; NORTH SEA;

AVES;

EID: 84859869603     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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