Aspects of the breeding status and ecology of the bateleur and tawny eagle in the kalahari gemsbok national park, south africa

Ostrich

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 126-137

  Herholdt, J J ^a   Kemp, A C ^b   Du Plessis, D ^c  

^a Mpumalanga Parks Board   (South Africa)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^c TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

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EID: 0037806015     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1996.9639697     Document Type: Article

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