Bridging the gap between biodiversity data and policy reporting needs: An Essential Biodiversity Variables perspective

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1341-1350

  Geijzendorffer, Ilse R ^a   Regan, Eugenie C ^b   Pereira, Henrique M ^c,d   Brotons, Lluis ^e,f   Brummitt, Neil ^g   Gavish, Yoni ^h   Haase, Peter ^i,j   Martin, Corinne S ^b   Mihoub, Jean Baptiste ^k   Secades, Cristina ^b   Schmeller, Dirk S ^k   Stoll, Stefan ^i,j   Wetzel, Florian T ^l   Walters, Michele ^m,n  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f CREAF   (Spain)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^j BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^k HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^l LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^m DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

biodiversity data; Biodiversity indicator partnership; Convention on biological diversity; data mobilization; data sources; indicators; instrument; monitoring; policy; reporting

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BIODIVERSITY; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; POLICY STRATEGY; UNITED NATIONS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 84987749855     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12417     Document Type: Article

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