From representation to persistence: Requirements for a sustainable system of conservation areas in the species-rich mediterranean-climate desert of southern Africa

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 51-71

  Cowling, R M ^a   Pressey, R L ^b   Lombard, A T ^a   Desmet, P G ^a   Ellis, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Climate change; Conservation of pattern and process; Persistence; Representation; Reserve design

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DESERT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0032798224     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.1999.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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