Assessing habitat quality in relation to the spatial distribution of protected areas in Italy

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 201, Issue , 2017, Pages 129-137

  Sallustio, Lorenzo ^a,b   De Toni, Andrea ^a   Strollo, Andrea ^c   Di Febbraro, Mirko ^a   Gissi, Elena ^d   Casella, Laura ^e   Geneletti, Davide ^f   Munafò, Michele ^c,e   Vizzarri, Matteo ^a   Marchetti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b CREA Research Centre for Forestry and Wood   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Cluster and outlier analysis; Ecosystem services; Habitat degradation; InVEST

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; QUALITY CONTROL;

'CURRENT; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT; CLUSTER AND OUTLIER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HABITAT DEGRADATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOTSPOTS; INVEST; PROTECTED AREAS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); ITALY; LAND USE; SOFTWARE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ITALY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 85021134141     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.06.031     Document Type: Article

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