Reserve selection in the Succulent Karoo, South Africa: Coping with high compositional turnover

Plant Ecology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 35-55

  Lombard, A T ^a   Hilton Taylor, C ^b   Rebelo, A G ^b   Pressey, R L ^c   Cowling, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Bioregions; Endemism; Hotspots; Plant Diversity; Reserve design

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORA; SEMIARID REGION; TURNOVER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

TANQUA;

EID: 0032831947     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009866126729     Document Type: Article

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