Wetland birds in the recent fossil record of Britain and northwest Europe

British Birds

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-43

  Stewart, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; GRUS; NYCTICORAX;

EID: 0942288978     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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