SPECIES PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY is an open-access journal published by the non-profit Company for Species Conservation Management (Artenschutzmanagement gGmbH) based in Filderstadt (Germany: Baden-Wuerttemberg). We publish articles on our own work as well as contributions of cooperation partners or institutions with a focus on species protection, habitat requirements, coenoses and the distribution of animal species. Please do not send us any unsolicited manuscripts.

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