Experimental evidence of ‘floaters’ in two isolated populations of an afrotropical forest bird

Ostrich

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 28-35

  Githiru, Mwangi ^a,b,c   Lens, Luc ^d   Abennun, Leon ^e   Perrins, Christopher ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Terrestrial Ecology Unit   (Belgium)

^e BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; POGONOCICHLA STELLATA;

EID: 33646708938     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520609485504     Document Type: Article

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