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Evolutionary, molecular and comparative zoology
RESEARCH ARTICLE

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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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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