Mass and morphometrics of Little Stints Calidris minuta on autumn migration along the Arctic coast of Eurasia

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Lindström, Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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CALIDRIS MINUTA;

EID: 0031972584     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04556.x     Document Type: Article

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