Reproductive success of the Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) in western Bulgaria

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-80

  Nikolov, Boris P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BULGARIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

LANIUS SENATOR;

EID: 23044457452     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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