Prioritising species of special concern for monitoring in table mountain national park: The challenge of a species-rich, threatened ecosystem

Koedoe

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Rebelo, Tony G ^a   Freitag, Stefanie ^b   Cheney, Chad ^b   McGeoch, Melodie A ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CAPE PENINSULA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959610951     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v53i2.1019     Document Type: Article

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