Perch availability and ground cover: Factors that may constitute suitable hunting conditions for pale chanting goshawk families

South African Journal of Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-20

  Malan, G ^a   Crowe, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0001866925     PISSN: 02541858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1997.11448421     Document Type: Article

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