Multiple-brooding in birds of prey: South African Black Sparrowhawks Accipiter melanoleucus extend the boundaries

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-16

  Curtis, Odette ^a   Malan, Gerard ^b   Jenkins, Andrew ^a   Myburgh, Nico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE BROODING; NEW RECORD; RAPTOR;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER MELANOLEUCUS; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 13444280157     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00311     Document Type: Article

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