Major specimen fraud in the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux (Athene auct.) blewitti

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-21

  Rasmussen, Pamela C ^a   Collar, Nigel J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032898677     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb04258.x     Document Type: Article

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