Energy, species richness, and human population size: Conservation implications at a national scale

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1233-1241

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Van Rensburg, Berndt J ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^c,d   Van Jaarsveld, Albert S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Area selection; Avian species richness; Conservation conflicts; Human population size; Primary productivity; Reserves; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0348160049     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5105     Document Type: Article

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