Breeding behaviour, clutch size and egg dimensions of Neospiza buntings at Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha

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Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 52-58

  Ryan, Peter G ^a   Moloney, Coleen L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Marine and Coastal Management ^*  (New Zealand)

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EID: 1842599097     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520209485352     Document Type: Article

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