Breeding biology of the Crested Caracara in the Cape region of Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-168

  Rivera Rodríguez, Laura B ^a   Rodríguez Estrella, Ricardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

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