Effect of breeding timing on white-breasted cormorant (phalacrocorax carbo) reproductive success at a seasonally constant kenyan lake

Ostrich

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 102-109

  Childress, R Brooks ^a,b,c   Bennun, Leon A ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 1642312264     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520309485375     Document Type: Article

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