Road effects on habitat richness of the Greek Natura 2000 network

Nature Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-71

  Votsi, Nefta Eleftheria ^a   Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^b   Zomeni, Maria S ^c   Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N ^c   Sgardelis, Stefanos P ^a   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Greece; Habitat diversity; Natura 2000 network; Protected areas; Road ecology; Road network; Roadless areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875984769     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.1.2086     Document Type: Article

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