Human settlements and wildlife distribution in the southern Kalahari of Botswana

Biological Conservation

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-136

  Verlinden, Alex ^a,b  

^a Botswana Dept Wildl Natl Parks   (Botswana)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Greenness; Human settlements; Kalahari; Livestock; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030808248     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00156-5     Document Type: Article

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