Distributions and biodiversity of the terrestrial vertebrates of australia's wet tropics: A review of current knowledge

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-362

  Williams, S E ^a   Pearson, R G ^a   Walsh, P J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Distributions; Rainforest; Vertebrates; Wet tropics

Indexed keywords

RAINFOREST DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0030318389     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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