Population declines of predatory birds coincident with the introduction of klerat rodenticide in North Queensland

Australian bird watcher

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 160-167

  Young, John ^a   De Lap, Leonie ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

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