Diet of Common Ravens on El Hierro, Canary Islands

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 382-391

  Nogales, Manuel ^a   Hernández, Elizabeth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Museo Insular de Ciencias Naturales   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORVUS CORAX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031287252     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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