A comparative study of the breeding behaviour of the Augur Buzzard, Buteo augur, in two different land-use areas in southern Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Ostrich

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Virani, Munir Z ^a,b,c   Harper, David M ^b  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO AUGUR; GALLUS GALLUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 2442419162     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520409485406     Document Type: Article

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