Foraging ecology of Pale-faced Sheathbills in colonies of southern elephant seals at King George Island, Antarctica

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 292-299

  Favero, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

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