Cornerstones of biodiversity conservation? Comparing the management effectiveness of Kruger and Kakadu National Parks, two key savanna reserves

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3643-3662

  Parr, Catherine L ^a,b   Woinarski, John C Z ^c,d   Pienaar, Danie J ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Biodiversity Conservation Unit   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Monitoring; Protected areas; Strategic planning; Threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952623787     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9669-4     Document Type: Article

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