Conservation planning in a fire-prone Mediterranean region: Threats and opportunities for bird species

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1517-1528

  Vallecillo, Sara ^a   Hermoso, Virgilio ^d   Possingham, Hugh P ^c   Brotons, Lluís ^a,b  

^a Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird assemblage; Fire impact; Land cover changes; Marxan; Priority areas; Spatial planning; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND COVER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; SPATIAL PLANNING; WILDFIRE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AVES;

EID: 84884812498     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9904-y     Document Type: Article

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