Natural ecosystem-units in Israel and the Palestinian authority - Representativeness in protected areas and suggested solutions for biodiversity conservation

Journal of Landscape Ecology(Czech Republic)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-109

  Rotem, Dotan ^a   Weil, Gilad ^a  

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

Author keywords

biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem units; land use; mapping ecosystems; representativeness in protected areas; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908101132     PISSN: 15894673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/jlecol-2014-0011     Document Type: Article

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