The Threat of Transformation: Quantifying the Vulnerability of Grasslands in South Africa

作者: GRANT M. HARRIS , STUART L. PIMM

DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2004.00157.X

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摘要: … We used the South African grassland biome as a case study to illustrate the assessment of vulnerability to land-use transformation through the construction of a “threat map.” We …

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