Daily variation in activity and flock size of two parakeet species from southeastern Brazil

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-348

  Pizo, Marco Aurélio ^a   Simão, Isaac ^a   Galetti, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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