A field survey to investigate why nightjars frequent roads at night

Ostrich

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 97-101

  Jackson, H D ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

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CAPRIMULGIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0345079182     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520309485374     Document Type: Article

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