Te Waahipounamu: South-west New Zealand World Heritage Area. Ecological research and conservation history

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 657-684

  Mark, Alan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecological research; Fiordland National Park; Mount Aspiring National Park; Nature conservation values land use evaluation ecotourism; Visitor facilities; Westland National Park Mount Cook National Park; World heritage

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAND EVALUATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0032457517     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9517579     Document Type: Article

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