Protected area as an indicator of ecological sustainability? A century of development in Europe's boreal forest

Ambio

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-214

  Elbakidze, Marine ^a   Angelstam, Per ^a   Sobolev, Nikolay ^b   Degerman, Erik ^a   Andersson, Kjell ^a   Axelsson, Robert ^a   Höjer, Olle ^c   Wennberg, Sandra ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Biodiversity Conservation Center   (Russian Federation)

^c not available   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Finland; North West Russia; Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LAND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84878387563     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0375-1     Document Type: Article

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