The state of Australia's avifauna: A personal opinion and prediction for the new millennium

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-27

  Recher, Harry F ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Birds; Conservation; Environment; Extinction; Threated species

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0001820621     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1999.003     Document Type: Article

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