Nest-site selection and nest predation in the Purple Swamphen

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 563-576

  Sánchez Lafuente, Alfonso M ^a   Alcántara, Julio M ^a   Romero, Mariló ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

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