People, species richness and human population growth

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 625-636

  Evans, Karl L ^a   van Rensburg, Berndt J ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Chown, Steven L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation conflicts; Environmental energy; Frogs; Humans; Population growth; Protected areas; South Africa; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FROG; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

ANURA; AVES;

EID: 33750375077     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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