The conservation challenge of sustaining spatially dependent evolution

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-92

  Driscoll, Don A ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity conservation; Fire; Habitat destruction; Introduced species; Livestock grazing; Range expansion; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34249915329     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc070084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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