Incorporating land cover information into regional biodiversity assessments in South Africa

Animal Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-79

  Wessels, K J ^a,c   Reyers, B ^b   Van Jaarsveld, A S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0002373583     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943000000755     Document Type: Article

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