Mixed effects of long-term conservation investment in natura 2000 farmland

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 467-477

  Santana, Joana ^a   Reino, Lúis ^a   Stoate, Chris ^b   Borralho, Rui ^c   Carvalho, Carlos Rio ^c   Schindler, Stefan ^a,d   Moreira, Francisco ^e   Bugalho, Miguel ^e   Ribeiro, Paulo Flores ^f   Santos, José Lima ^f   Vaz, Alexandre ^a   Morgado, Rui ^c   Porto, Miguel ^a   Beja, Pedro ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^f Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Agriculture policies; Conservation funding; Conservation projects; Extensive agriculture; Farmland birds; Flagship species; Protected areas; Protection regulations; Steppe birds

Indexed keywords

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI; OTIS TARDA; TETRAX TETRAX;

EID: 84923395855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12077     Document Type: Article

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