The breeding biology of the namaqua sandgrouse, pterocles namaqua

Ostrich

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 169-178

  Lloyd, Penn ^a   Little, Robin M ^a   Crowe, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0035457158     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520109485313     Document Type: Article

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