Invest in opportunity, not inventory of hotspots

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 633-635

  Cowling, Richard M ^a   Knight, Andrew T ^b   Privett, Sean D J ^c   Sharma, Gyan ^b  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Grootbos Nature Reserve   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; SOUTH AFRICA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PLANTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954052854     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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