Landscape planning and defragmentation measures: an assessment of costs and critical issues

Land Use Policy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2018, Pages 313-324

  De Montis, Andrea ^a,b   Ledda, Antonio ^a,b   Ortega, Emilio ^c   Martín, Belén ^c   Serra, Vittorio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuity index; Defragmentation; Infrastructural fragmentation index; Wild boar; Wildlife crossing structures

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FRAGMENTATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PIG; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALGHERO; ITALY; SARDINIA; SASSARI;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 85040024256     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.068     Document Type: Article

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