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Using the ancient past for establishing current threat in poorly inventoried regions

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  • 1. Australian Centre for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA5005, Australia & Australian Tropical Herbarium, E2 Bld. JCU Cairns Capmus PO Box 6811, Cairns QLD4870, Australia
  • 2. Department of Archaeology & Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Australia
  • 3. The Environment Inc. PO Box 1696, Koror 96940, Palau
  • 4. Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • 5. Australian Centre for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA5005, Australia & State Herbarium of South Australia, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Adelaide SA5005, Australia

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Costion, Craig M., Liston, Jolie, Kitalong, Ann H., Iida, Akiko, Lowe, Andrew J. (2012): Using the ancient past for establishing current threat in poorly inventoried regions. Biological Conservation 147 (1): 153-162, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.026, URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.026

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