Assessing the Performance of EU Nature Legislation in Protecting Target Bird Species in an Era of Climate Change

Conservation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 172-180

  Sanderson, Fiona J ^a   Pople, Robert G ^b   Ieronymidou, Christina ^b   Burfield, Ian J ^b   Gregory, Richard D ^a   Willis, Stephen G ^c   Howard, Christine ^c   Stephens, Philip A ^c   Beresford, Alison E ^a   Donald, Paul F ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bird population trends; birds directive; climate change; Conservation policy; European Union; migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975055751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12196     Document Type: Letter

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