Termite (Isoptera) distributions, endemism, species richness and priority conservation areas: Consequences for land-use planning in South Africa

African Entomology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-271

  Muller, C ^a   Freitag, S ^a   Scholtz, C H ^a   Van Jaarsveld, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Indicator taxa; Isoptera; Monitoring; Priority area network

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031449255     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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