Breeding success of African Black Oystercatchers Haematopus moquini at Cape Agulhas, Western Cape, from 1978/79 to 2001/02

Ostrich

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 8-13

  Jeffery, Roger G ^a   Scott, H Ann ^b  

^a Port Elizabeth Technikon ^*  (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HAEMATOPUS MOQUINI;

EID: 13444295566     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520509485467     Document Type: Article

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