Do protected areas networks ensure the supply of ecosystem services? Spatial patterns of two nature reserve systems in semi-arid Spain

Applied Geography

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Castro, Antonio J ^a,b   Martín López, Berta ^c   López, Enrique ^a   Plieninger, Tobias ^c   Alcaraz Segura, Domingo ^a,d   Vaughn, Caryn C ^b   Cabello, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; EU Biodiversity Strategy; Final ecosystem service; Intermediate ecosystem service; Natura 2000 network; RENPA network

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; PROTECTED AREA; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

SPAIN;

EID: 84924595907     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.02.012     Document Type: Article

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