Biodiversity, conservation and development in Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 301-313

  Homewood, Katherine ^a   Brockington, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Conservation; Development; Environmental degradation; Fire; Grazing; Land use; Savanna; Woodland grassland dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SAVANNA; WOODLAND;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0033511046     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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