Exploring the significance of land-cover change in South Africa

  • Lindsey Gillson Plant Conservation Unit, Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Cape Town
  • Guy F. Midgley Climate Change and BioAdaptation, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town School of Agricultural, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus, Pietermaritzburg
  • Julia L. Wakeling Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Cape Town

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Published
2012-05-29
Issue
Vol 108 No 5/6 (2012): South African Journal of Science
Section
News and Views