Designing protected areas to conserve riverine biodiversity: Lessons from a hypothetical redesign of the Kruger National Park

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-117

  Roux, Dirk J ^a   Nel, Jeanne L ^a   Ashton, Peter J ^a   Deacon, Andrew R ^b   de Moor, Ferdinand C ^c   Hardwick, Devlyn ^a   Hill, Liesl ^a   Kleynhans, Cornelius J ^d   Maree, Gillian A ^a   Moolman, Juanita ^d   Scholes, Robert J ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Biodiversity representation; Fish; Hydrologic connectivity; Physical river types; Protected area design

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; PROTECTED AREA; SOFTWARE;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 36549024823     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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