Scalar thickening: Wildlife management areas and conservation scales in southeast Tanzania

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-151

  Ramutsindela, Maano ^a   Noe, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Scalar thickness; Selous; Transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs); Wildlife management areas (WMAs)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84860294244     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2012.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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