Can linear transportation infrastructure verges constitute a habitat and/or a corridor for biodiversity in temperate landscapes? A systematic review protocol

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jeusset, Arzhvaël ^a   Vargac, Marianne ^a   Bertheau, Yves ^a,b   Coulon, Aurélie ^a,c   Deniaud, Nadine ^a   Flamerie De Lachapelle, Frédérique ^d   Jaslier, Emmanuel ^d   Livoreil, Barbara ^e   Roy, Véronique ^a   Touroult, Julien ^a   Vanpeene, Sylvie ^b   Witté, Isabelle ^a   Sordello, Romain ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Electric line; Green and blue infrastructure; River; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961190962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0056-9     Document Type: Review

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