Current status of habitat monitoring in the European Union according to Article 17 of the Habitats Directive, with an emphasis on habitat structure and functions and on Germany

Since the beginning of the 1990s, monitoring of habitats has been a widespread tool to record and assess changes in habitat quality, for example due to land use change. Thus, Article 11 of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) requires, inter alia, monitoring of the conservation status of habitat types...

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Main Authors: Götz Ellwanger, Stephan Runge, Melanie Wagner, Werner Ackermann, Melanie Neukirchen, Wenke Frederking, Christina Müller, Axel Ssymank, Ulrich Sukopp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Conservation
Online Access:https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=27273