Terrestrial vertebrate richness of the inhabited Torres Strait Islands, Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-191

  Lavery, Tyrone H ^a   Watson, Justin J ^b   Leung, Luke K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NEW RECORD; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW GUINEA; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869030457     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO12043     Document Type: Article

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