Field metabolism and water flux of Sociable Weavers Philetairus socius in the Kalahari Desert

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-171

  Williams, Joseph B ^a,b   Du Plessis, Morne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001620909     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04324.x     Document Type: Article

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