Using past and present habitat to predict the current distribution and abundance of a rare cryptic lizard, Delma impar (Pygopodidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 614-624

  Dorrough, Josh ^a   Ash, Julian E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation; Disturbance indices; Grasslands; Landscape change

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944378985     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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