A survey of the occurrence of native vegetation remnants on Mauritius in 1993

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-188

  Safford, R J ^a,b,c  

^a Mauritian Wildlife Fund ^*  (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fragmentation; habitat mapping; Mauritius; native vegetation; protected area

Indexed keywords

DRY EVERGREEN FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LEGISLATION; PALM SAVANNA; RAINFOREST; SCRUB;

MAURITIUS;

EID: 0031128692     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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