What we do not know and have not learned about cost-benefit prioritisation of rock-wallaby management

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-213

  Soderquist, Todd ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROGALE; PETROGALE PENICILLATA;

EID: 80052863566     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM10053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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