Endemicity of Afromontane grasshopper assemblages: Implications for grassland conservation

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 318-327

  Foord, S H ^a   Ferguson, J W H ^a   Van Jaarsveld, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Endemism; Habitat fragmentation; Population monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0036893057     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2002.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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