Chestnut weaver Ploceus rubiginosus biometrics and primary moult in Namibia

Ostrich

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 206-211

  Oschadleus, H Dieter ^a   Osborne, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLOCEINAE; PLOCEUS RUBIGINOSUS;

EID: 28244487211     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520509485494     Document Type: Article

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