The demography of desert Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-43

  Brown, Dominic ^a   Taylor, John ^b   Bell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid; Indigenous; Population; Projections; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549127885     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ07043     Document Type: Article

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