Wing shape in insectivorous passerines inhabiting New Guinea and Australian rain forests and eucalypt forest/eucalypt woodlands

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-104

  Keast, Allen ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0002051318     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088938     Document Type: Article

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