Evidence for the presence of a second species of mongoose in the Fiji Islands

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-34

  Morley, Craig G ^a   McLenachan, Patricia A ^b   Lockhart, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARNIVORA; HERPESTES JAVANICUS;

EID: 34247882637     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc070029     Document Type: Article

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