Status of warru (Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race) in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia. 1. Distribution and decline

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-141

  Ward, Matthew J ^a   Urban, Roman ^a   Read, John L ^b   Dent, Anika ^c   Partridge, Thalie ^c   Clarke, Amber ^a   Van Weenen, Jason ^a  

^a Department of Environment and Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Aangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

area of occupancy; black footed rock wallaby; extent of occurrence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PETROGALE LATERALIS;

EID: 80052829977     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM10047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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