The influence of vegetation structure on bird communities in a karoo village, South Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 209-216

  Schwarzenberger, A ^a,b   Dean, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHREPTES COLLARIS; APALIS; APALIS THORACICA; AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO CUCULLATA; LANIUS; LANIUS COLLARIS; PASSER; PASSER MELANURUS; PHRAGMACIA SUBSTRIATA; SIGELUS SILENS; STREPTOPELIA; STREPTOPELIA SENEGALENSIS; THORACICA; ZOSTEROPIDAE; ZOSTEROPS;

EID: 0345377821     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520309485394     Document Type: Article

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