Recruitment patterns of blackbirds (turdus merula) in Urban fragmented populations

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-70

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Tellería, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0002828199     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: 23410825     Source Type: Journal    
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