Where are the major gaps in the reserve network for Africa's mammals?

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Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Fjeldså, Jon ^a,f,g   Burgess, Neil D ^b,c   Blyth, Simon ^d   De Klerk, Helen M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WWF US Conservation Science Programme ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

^f International Committee of BirdLife Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

^g Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; Forest reserves; Protected areas; Reserve network; Threatened mammals

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMAL; PROTECTED AREA;

AFRICA;

MAMMALIA; SOMALIA;

EID: 13744251747     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000043     Document Type: Article

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