Measuring conservation value at fine and broad scales: Implications for a diverse and fragmented region, the Agulhas Plain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 217-232

  Rouget, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity mapping; Conservation planning; Habitat transformation; Reserve design; Reserve selection algorithm; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; RESERVE DESIGN; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGULHAS PLAIN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 0038061912     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00415-9     Document Type: Article

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