Green infrastructure development at European Union's eastern border: Effects of road infrastructure and forest habitat loss

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 193, Issue , 2017, Pages 300-311

  Angelstam, Per ^a   Khaulyak, Olha ^a   Yamelynets, Taras ^a,b,c   Mozgeris, Gintautas ^d   Naumov, Vladimir ^a   Chmielewski, Tadeusz J ^e   Elbakidze, Marine ^a   Manton, Michael ^a,d   Prots, Bohdan ^c,f   Valasiuk, Sviataslau ^g  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV   (Ukraine)

^c WWF Danube Carpathian Programme Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^d VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^f INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^g INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Development co operation; Ecosystem services; Forest loss and gain; Functional habitat networks; Road development

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS;

DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST LOSS; FOREST LOSS AND GAIN; FOREST MASSIFS; FUNCTIONAL HABITAT NETWORK; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; ROAD DEVELOPMENT; ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES; UKRAINE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BORDER REGION; CONSERVATION STATUS; EUROPEAN UNION; FORESTRY; GREENSPACE; HABITAT LOSS; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BELARUS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREST; GENE LOSS; HABITAT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; MODEL; POLAND; UKRAINE; WELLBEING; WILDLIFE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; TREE;

BELARUS; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; UKRAINE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HUMANS; TREES;

EID: 85013237506     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.017     Document Type: Article

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