The current configuration of protected areas in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa - Reservation bias and representation of biodiversity patterns and processes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-145

  Rouget, Mathieu ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Conservation area network; Conservation planning; Ecological and evolutionary processes; Gap analysis; Persistence; Representation

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; PROTECTED AREA;

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038738351     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00396-8     Document Type: Article

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