Dealing with established reserve networks and incomplete distribution data sets in conservation planning

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-86

  Freitag, Stefanie ^a,b   Nicholls, Anthony O ^c   Van Jaarsveld, Albert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; PROTECTED AREA; SITE SELECTION;

EID: 0031876550     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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