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Livelihoods in desert Australia

Murray McGregor ^A ^B ^D and Craig James ^A ^C

^A Ninti One Limited, PO Box 3971, Alice Springs, NT 0870, Australia.
^B School of Management, Curtin Business School, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
^C Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
^D Corresponding author. Email: m.mcgregor@curtin.edu.au

The Rangeland Journal 33(4) i-v http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RJv33n4_ED
Published: 29 November 2011





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