Successful voluntary conservation of raptor nests under intensive forestry pressure in a boreal landscape

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 571-578

  Santangeli, A ^a   Lehtoranta, H ^b   Laaksonen, T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Metsäkeskus Pohjois Karjala   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Cost effectiveness; Forest clear cutting; Forestry; Nest occupancy; Participation; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLEARCUTTING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; LANDOWNER; NEST; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; BUTEO BUTEO; PERNIS APIVORUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84871358722     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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