Reserve selection in a species-rich and fragmented landscape on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1101-1116

  Lombard, A T ^a,b   Cowling, R M ^a   Pressey, R L ^a   Mustartf, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PLANT DIVERSITY; RESERVE SELECTION;

SOUTH AFRICA, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, AGULHAS PLAIN;

EID: 0031414424     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96043.x     Document Type: Article

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