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Wildlife and Climate Change: Towards robust conservation strategies for Australian fauna

Edited by

Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7882/9780980327250

ISBN electronic:

978-0-9803272-6-7

Publication date:

2012