Landscape fragmentation in South Coast Renosterveld, South Africa, in relation to rainfall and topography

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-186

  Kemper, Jessica ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Forsyth, Greg G ^b   McKelly, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Conservation planning; Environmental predictors; Habitat loss; Landscape fragmentation; Renosterveld

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RAINFALL; TOPOGRAPHY; VELD;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034107176     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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