Stranded on desert islands? Factors shaping animal populations in Lake Eyre South

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 431-438

  Read, J L ^a  

^a Olympic Dam Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Island biogeography; Lake Eyre; Mound springs; Predator exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004658287     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997352     Document Type: Article

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