Ragged mountain ranges, droughts and flooding rains: The evolutionary history and conservation of Australian freshwater fishes

Austral Ark: The State of Wildlife in Australia and New Zealand

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 492-511

  Faulks, Leanne ^a   Gilligan, Dean ^b   Beheregaray, Luciano B ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Fisheries and Ecosystems Research   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139519960.025     Document Type: Chapter

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