The impact of European occupation on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem dynamics in an Australian tropical rain forest
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SIMON G. HABERLE, JOHN TIBBY*, SOPHIA DIMITRIADIS† and HENK HEIJNIS‡ Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, * Geographical and Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia, † School of Botany and Zoology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and ‡ Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, PMB 1, Menai, NSW 2234, Australia
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