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Patterns of range contractions and extinctions in the New Zealand herpetofauna following human colonisation

D. R. Towns Science and Research Division, Department of Conservation, Auckland Conservancy, Private Bag 68 908, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
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Charles H. Daugherty School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
Pages 325-339 | Received 04 Jul 1994, Accepted 18 Jul 1994, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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