Provision of ecosystem services by large scale corridors and ecological networks

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2949-2962

  Samways, M J ^a   Bazelet, C S ^a   Pryke, J S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corridors; Ecological networks; Ecosystem services; Function; Grassland; Mitigation; Plantation forestry; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDGE EFFECT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; MITIGATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955552246     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9715-2     Document Type: Article

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