Natural Versus National Boundaries: The Importance of Considering Biogeographical Patterns in Forest Conservation Policy

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-57

  Gustafsson, Lena ^a   Felton, Adam ^a   Felton, Annika M ^a   Brunet, Jörg ^a   Caruso, Alexandro ^a,b   Hjältén, Joakim ^a   Lindbladh, Matts ^a   Ranius, Thomas ^a   Roberge, Jean Michel ^a   Weslien, Jan ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning   (Sweden)

^c THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Conservation; Decision support; Forest; Policy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924285236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12087     Document Type: Article

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