Species and environment representation: Selecting reserves for the retention of avian diversity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 365-379

  Fairbanks, Dean H K ^a   Reyers, Belinda ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Albert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birds; Climate; Conservation area selection; Ordination; Pattern and process; South Africa; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURE RESERVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0035084081     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00179-8     Document Type: Article

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