Pygmy Falcon predation of nestlings of their obligate host, the Sociable Weaver

Ostrich

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-326

  Covas, Rita ^a,b   Huyser, Onno ^a,c   Doutrelant, Claire ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CEFE CNRS ^*  (South Africa)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

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Indexed keywords

PHILETARIUS SOCIUS;

EID: 13444304494     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520409485463     Document Type: Article

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