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Guest Editorial: Outcomes of the Australian Feral Camel Management Project and the future of feral camel management in Australia

Quentin Hart A and Glenn Edwards B C
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A c/- Ninti One Limited, PO Box 3971, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia.

B Department of Land Resource Management, PO Box 1120, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: glenn.edwards@nt.gov.au

The Rangeland Journal 38(2) i-iii https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ16028
Submitted: 23 March 2016  Accepted: 29 March 2016   Published: 5 May 2016


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