Describing and listing threatened ecological communities under the threatened species conservation act 1995 (NSW): Part 1 - the assemblage of species and the particular area

Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 250-263

  Preston, Brian J ^a   Adam, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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