Getting the biodiversity intactness index right: The importance of habitat degradation data

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2032-2036

  Rouget, Mathieu ^a   Cowling, R M ^b   Vlok, Jan ^c   Thompson, Mark ^d   Balmford, Andrew ^e,f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Regalis Environmental Services   (South Africa)

^d Persequor Technopark   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity intactness index; Biodiversity loss; Land cover; Land degradation; Remote sensing; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

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

EID: 33749863931     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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