Use of road kills and roadside vegetation by pied and cape crows in semi–arid South Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 102-104

  Dean, W R J ^a   Milton, S J ^a   Anderson, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Environment and Conservation ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORVIDAE;

EID: 33646682574     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520609485516     Document Type: Article

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