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Roads and Roadless Areas in Cyprus: Implications For The Natura 2000 Network Cover

Roads and Roadless Areas in Cyprus: Implications For The Natura 2000 Network

Journal of Landscape Ecology
Volume 7 (2014): Issue 1 (January 2014)
By: Maria Zomeni and  Ioannis. N. Vogiatzakis  
Open Access
|Oct 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2014-0010 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427
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Language: English
Page range: 75 - 90
Submitted on: Apr 15, 2014
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Accepted on: Jul 31, 2014
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Published on: Oct 15, 2014
Published by: Czech Society for Landscape Ecology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Fragmentation,
Island,
Mediterranean,
Metrics,
Road Density
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other,
Life sciences,
Ecology

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