A review of foraging and feeding behaviour, and associated anatomical adaptations, in afrotropical nightjars

Ostrich

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 187-204

  Jackson, H D ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

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ACCIPITRINAE; CAPRIMULGIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0344633610     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520309485392     Document Type: Article

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