The Soundscape approach for the assessment and conservation of Mediterranean landscapes: Principles and case studies

Journal of Landscape Ecology(Czech Republic)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-22

  Farina, Almo ^a   Buscaino, Giuseppa ^b   Ceraulo, Maria ^a,b   Pieretti, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

acoustic diversity; conservation; Mediterranean landscape; sonotope; soundscape ecology; soundtope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908100986     PISSN: 15894673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/jlecol-2014-0007     Document Type: Article

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