Cavity-nesting ducks: Why woodpeckers matter

British Birds

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 217-233

  Kear, Janet ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BIRD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NESTING; TREEHOLE; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; CAMPONOTUS; DRYOCOPUS MARTIUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NEOPLEA; PICIDAE;

EID: 0242667113     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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