The vertebrate fauna of the Clemant State Forest Lowlands: A significant coastal woodland remnant in the southern wet tropics bioregion, North-eastern Queensland

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 508-534

  Kemp, J E ^a   Kutt, A S ^b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Coastal lowlands; Conservation; Fauna; Northern brigalow belt; Survey methods; Wet Tropics

Indexed keywords

COASTAL STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVEY; VERTEBRATE; WET SEASON; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TOWNSVILLE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750956641     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/az.2004.002     Document Type: Review

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