Biogeographic barriers in north-western Australia: an overview and standardisation of nomenclature
Mark D. B. Eldridge A D , Sally Potter A and Steven J. B. Cooper B C
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- Author Affiliations
A Terrestrial Vertebrates, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
B School of Earth & Environmental Science and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
C Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, SA 5000, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: mark.eldridge@austmus.gov.au
Australian Journal of Zoology 59(4) 270-272 https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO12012
Submitted: 25 January 2012 Accepted: 14 February 2012 Published: 13 March 2012
Additional keywords: barriers, biogeography, Kimberley, northern Australia, Top End, vicariance.
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