Integrating freshwater and terrestrial priorities in conservation planning

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2217-2226

  Amis, Mao A ^a,b   Rouget, Mathieu ^c   Lotter, Mervyn ^d   Day, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WWF South Africa   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d Mpumalanga Parks Board   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation assessment; Freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity; Integration; Overlap

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER;

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

EID: 68449087494     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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