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INTRODUCTION

Current conservation status of Australian freshwater turtles

James U. Van Dyke A D , Bruno de O. Ferronato B and Ricky-John Spencer C
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A School of Environmental Sciences, Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia.

B Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia.

C School of Science and Health, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW 2753, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: jvandyke@csu.edu.au

Australian Journal of Zoology 66(1) 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1071/ZOv66n1_IN
Published: 26 October 2018


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