Temporal biodiversity change in transformed landscapes: A southern African perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1558, 2010, Pages 3729-3742

  Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Conservation; Fire; Landscape change; Shrub encroachment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SHRUB; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78650395403     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0274     Document Type: Review

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