Effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network to cover threatened species

Nature Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-53

  Trochet, Audrey ^a   Schmeller, Dirk S ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Conservation tools; Reserve sites; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902799342     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.4.3626     Document Type: Article

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