Reptile diversity at risk in the Brigalow Belt, Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 475-486

  Covacevich, J A ^a   Couper, P J ^a   McDonald, K R ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b Department of Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; OVERGRAZING; REPTILE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032578055     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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