An International Union for Conservation of Nature risk assessment of coastal lowland rainforests of the Wet Tropics Bioregion, Queensland, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-385

  Metcalfe, Daniel J ^a   Lawson, T J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyclone; Fragmentation; Invasive species; Southern cassowary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTREME EVENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CASUARIUS CASUARIUS; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 84929863039     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12263     Document Type: Article

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