The significance of habitats as indicators of biodiversity and their links to species

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-25

  Bunce, R G H ^a,h   Bogers, M M B ^a   Evans, D ^b   Halada, L ^c   Jongman, R H G ^a   Mucher, C A ^a   Bauch, B ^d   De Blust, G ^e   Parr, T W ^f   Olsvig Whittaker, L ^g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^h University of Life Sciences   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Habitat definition; Policy; Spatial models; Species habitat association; Standardised mapping

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERT JUDGEMENT; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HABITAT DEFINITION; POLICY MAKERS; SPATIAL MODELS; SPECIES CONSERVATIONS; TIME INTERVAL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAPPING; POLICY MAKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84888341719     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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