Expanding protected areas beyond their terrestrial comfort zone: Identifying spatial options for river conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1605-1616

  Nel, Jeanne L ^a   Reyers, Belinda ^a   Roux, Dirk J ^b   Cowling, Richard M ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Catchment to coast; Conservation assessment; Estuary; Free flowing rivers; Gap analysis; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 67349218751     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.031     Document Type: Article

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