Diet, body mass and condition of Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni in South Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-116

  Anderson, P C ^a   Kok, O B ^b   Erasmus, B H ^c  

^a McGregor Museum   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CHILOPODA; FALCO NAUMANNI; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; SOLIFUGAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033196981     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1999.9634523     Document Type: Article

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