Designing a transfrontier conservation landscape for the Maputaland centre of endemism using biodiversity, economic and threat data

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2127-2138

  Smith, Robert J ^a   Easton, Julian ^a   Nhancale, Bruno A ^a   Armstrong, Adrian J ^b   Culverwell, James ^c   Dlamini, Sikhumbuzo D ^d   Goodman, Peter S ^b   Loffler, Linda ^c   Matthews, Wayne S ^e   Monadjem, Ara ^f   Mulqueeny, Craig M ^e   Ngwenya, Petros ^g   Ntumi, Cornelio P ^h   Soto, Bartolomeu ⁱ   Leader Williams, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Biodiversity Research Division   (South Africa)

^c Swaziland National Trust Commission ^*  (Swaziland)

^d Swaziland National Trust Commission   (Swaziland)

^e EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^g Ecological Advice Division   (South Africa)

^h EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

ⁱ ACTF   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Game ranching; Marxan; Southern Africa; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMISM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; RANCHING;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; MAPUTALAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

UNGULATA;

EID: 49349105190     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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