From numbers to ecosystems and biodiversity: A mechanistic approach to monitoring

Koedoe

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ferreira, Sam ^a   Deacon, Andrew ^a   Sithole, Hendrik ^a   Bezuidenhout, Hugo ^a   Daemane, Mahlomola ^a   Herbst, Marna ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION SIZE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79959624277     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v53i2.998     Document Type: Article

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