Foraging behaviour of crab plovers dromas ardeola at mida creek, kenya

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Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-44

  Hockey, Philip A R ^a   Plagényi, Éva E ^a   Turpie, Jane K ^a   Phillips, Tracey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0007073801     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1996.9633778     Document Type: Article

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