Bird-monitoring in Europe - A first overview of practices, motivations and aims

Nature Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-57

  Schmeller, Dirk S ^a,b   Henle, Klaus ^b   Loyau, Adeline ^a,b   Besnard, Aurélien ^c   Henry, Pierre Yves ^d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring; Conservation policy support; Conservation priorities; Conservation status in Europe; Survey design; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881007042     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.2.3644     Document Type: Review

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