Avian clutch size in relation to rainfall seasonality and stochasticity along an aridity gradient across South Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-268

  Lepage, Denis ^a,b   Lloyd, Penn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Bird Studies Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 13444301605     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520409485453     Document Type: Article

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