Biodiversity and Conservation in Europe
This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address biodiversity and conservation in Europe. Europe is certainly the most intensively inventoried region of the world; detailed maps are availabl
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TOPICS IN BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Volume 7
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Biodiversity and Conservation in Europe
Edited by
David L. Hawksworth and Alan T. Bull
Reprinted from Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 16:12 (2007)
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ISBN 978-1-4020-6864-5 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-6865-2 (e-book)
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Contents
Biodiversity and Conservation in Europe FABRIZIO SERGIO and PAOLO PEDRINI / Biodiversity gradients in the Alps: the overriding importance of elevation JUAN TRABA, ELADIO L. GARCÍA DE LA MORENA, MANUEL B. MORALES and FRANCISCO SUÁREZ / Determining high value areas for steppe birds in Spain: hot spots, complementarity and the efficiency of protected areas TANCREDI CARUSO, GAIA PIGINO, FABIO BERNINI, ROBERTO BARGAGLI and MASSIMO MIGLIORINI / The Berger–Parker index as an effective tool for monitoring the biodiversity of disturbed soils: a case study on Mediterranean oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) assemblages EMILIANO UKMAR, CORRADO BATTISTI, LUCA LUISELLI and MARCO A. BOLOGNA / The effects of fire on communities, guilds and species of breeding birds in burnt and control pinewoods in central Italy STEFAN ZERBE, INGA SCHMIDT and JÖRG BETZIN / Indicators for plant species richness in pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests of Germany ANDREW C. MIDGLEY / The social negotiation of nature conservation policy: conserving pinewoods in the Scottish Highlands J. M. SÁNCHEZ-GUZMÁN, R. MORÁN, J. A. MASERO, C. CORBACHO, E. COSTILLO, A. VILLEGAS and F. SANTIAGO-QUESADA / Identifying new buffer areas for conserving waterbirds in the Mediterranean basin: the importance of the rice fields in Extremadura, Spain JORIS EVERAERT and ERIC W. M. STIENEN / Impact of wind turbines on birds in Zeebrugge (Belgium) PELAYO ACEVEDO, JORGE CASSINELLO and CHRISTIAN GORTAZAR / The Iberian ibex is under an expansion trend but displaced to suboptimal habitats by the presence of extensive goat livestock in central Spain JURI NASCIMBENE, PIER LUIGI NIMIS and LORENZO MARINI / Testing indicators of epiphytic lichen diversity: a case study in N Italy LUCIA VERGANO and PAULO A. L. D. NUNES / Analysis and evaluation of ecosystem resilience: an economic perspective with an application to the Venice lagoon LUISA AMO, PILAR LÓPEZ and JOSÉ MARTÍN / Natural oak forest vs. ancient pine plantations: lizard microhabitat use may explain the effects of ancient reforestations on distribut
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