Extinction and vulnerability to extinction at distribution peripheries: An analysis of the Israeli breeding avifauna

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 361-383

  Nathan, Ran ^a   Safriel, Uriel N ^a   Shirihai, Hadoram ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

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