The size and type of prey taken by adult rainbow bee-eaters in the south-west of Australia

Emu

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-332

  Saffer, V M ^a   Calver, M C ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031432345     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU97050     Document Type: Article

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