Author(s)

V. Soran, A. Ardelean, C. Bucsa and C.Maior

Abstract

The authors deal with the problem of the suitable sizes for protected areas in Europe. They show that a larger size is better than a smaller one because the small areas can not maintain the coenosis homeostasis. At the end of the paper a table is given containing various types of protected areas taking in account several ecological and ethological criteria. 1. Introduction The intricate problem of optimum size of a protected area has been studied by many researchers ( see for details : Beeby , Diamond , Primack , Soule & Wilcox ^ ). In the Romanian science literature concerning nature conservan

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