Conservation of floodplain wetlands - out of sight, out of mind?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 727-732

  Kingsford, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84954368593     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2610     Document Type: Editorial

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