Adaptive management as a tool to improve the conservation of endemic floras: The case of Sicily, Malta and their satellite islands

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 1317-1354

  Bonanno, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Biogeography; Endemic plants; IUCN threat classification; Natura 2000; Sicily

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORISTICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; NICHE BREADTH; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE SIZE; RED LIST; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ITALY; MALTA; SICILY;

EID: 84878642464     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0473-9     Document Type: Article

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