Determination of clutch size and the breeding biology of the spur-winged plover (Vanellus Spinosus) in Israel

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-73

  Yogev, Akiva ^a   Amos, A R ^a   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOPLOPTERUS SPINOSUS; VANELLUS;

EID: 0002634781     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088936     Document Type: Article

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