Water repellency and feather structure of the Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea

Ostrich

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 143-145

  Rijke, A M ^a   Evans, S W ^b   Bouwman, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BirdLife South Africa   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 0034148412     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00306525.2000.9639893     Document Type: Article

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