Population trends and the koala conservation debate

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 650-659

  Phillips, Stephen S ^a  

^a Australian Koala Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 0034130301     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99387.x     Document Type: Review

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