Wetland conservation in the murray-darling Basin is it going down the drain?

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Buchanan, Katherine L ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 67650938788     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MUv109n2_ED     Document Type: Review

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