Priorities for biodiversity monitoring in Europe: A review of supranational policies and a novel scheme for integrative prioritization

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-18

  Henle, Klaus ^a   Bauch, Bianca ^a   Auliya, Mark ^a   Kul̈vik, Mart ^b   Pe'Er, Guy ^a   Schmeller, Dirk S ^a   Framstad, Erik ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring; Europe; Nature conservation legislation; Nature conservation policies; Priority habitat; Priority species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MONITORING; WATER CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY MONITORING; CONSERVATION POLICY; EUROPE; PRIORITY HABITAT; PRIORITY SPECIES;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; VERTEBRATE;

EUROPE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84895077381     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.028     Document Type: Article

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