Nature conservation requires more than a passion for species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1674-1676

  Cowling, Richard M ^a   Knight, Andrew T ^a   Faith, Daniel P ^b   Ferrier, Simon ^c   Lombard, Amanda T ^d   Driver, Amanda ^e   Rouget, Mathieu ^f   Maze, Kristal ^f   Desmet, Philip G ^g  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d Wildl Environ Soc of S Africa   (South Africa)

^e Botanical Society of South Africa   (South Africa)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 10644258944     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00296.x     Document Type: Note

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