Observations on the biology of the mauritius cuckoo-shrike coracina typica

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Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-22

  Safford, R J ^a,b,c   Beaumont, J ^a,d  

^a Mauritian Wildlife Fund ^*  (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d White Gables   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011242980     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1996.9633775     Document Type: Article

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