Comparative assessment of scoring methods to evaluate the conservation value of pond and small lake biodiversity

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-36

  Rosset, V ^a,i   Simaika, J P ^b,c   Arthaud, F ^d,e,f,g,h   Bornette, G ^d,e,f,g,h   Vallod, D ^d,e,f,g,h   Samways, M J ^b   Oertli, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d ISARA Lyon   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^h UMR5023 Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biotope quality; Dragonflies; Freshwater ecosystems; Macrophytes; Red List; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DRAGONFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAKE; MACROPHYTE; RED LIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SWITZERLAND;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES);

EID: 84872822447     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2287     Document Type: Article

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