Changes in microgeographic song variation of the corn Bunting Miliaria calandra

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-55

  Holland, Jo ^a,b   McGregor, Peter K ^a   Rowe, Candida L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILIARIA CALANDRA;

EID: 0029738344     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676960     Document Type: Article

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