Building the European Union's Natura 2000 network

Nature Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-26

  Evans, Douglas ^a  

^a European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeographical seminars; Birds directive; Habitats directive; Natura 2000

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943227917     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.1.1808     Document Type: Article

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