Rainfall and food availability as factors influencing the migration and breeding activity of namaqua sandgrouse, pterocles namaqua

Ostrich

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 50-62

  Loyd, Penn ^a   Little, Robin M ^a   Crowe, Timothy M ^a   Simmons, Rob E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

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EID: 0007013077     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520109485287     Document Type: Article

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