Distribution and abundance of forest birds in Ghana

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Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 262-268

  Ntiamoa Baidu, Yaa ^a   Owusu, Erasmus H ^b   Asamoah, Stephen ^b   Owusu Boateng, Kwame ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Ghana mldlife Society   (Ghana)

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EID: 0034148621     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00306525.2000.9639925     Document Type: Article

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