Picking up the pieces: A biosphere reserve framework for a fragmented landscape - The coastal lowlands of the Western Cape, South Africa

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-496

  Heijnis, C E ^a   Lombard, A T ^a   Cowling, R M ^a   Desmet, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Fragmented landscape; Fynbos; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FYNBOS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033036488     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008807628092     Document Type: Article

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