Analysis of pellets from a suburban common kestrel falco tinnunculus nest in El Harrach, Algiers, Algeria

Ostrich

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 175-178

  Souttou, K ^a   Baziz, B ^a   Denys, C ^b   Brahimi, R ^a  

^a Institut National Agronomique   (Algeria)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5202 Mammifères Oiseaux   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CHALCIDES OCELLATUS; DERMAPTERA; DIPLOPODA; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; LABIDURA RIPARIA; MELOLONTHINAE; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PIPISTRELLUS KUHLI; POLYDESMUS; PROTAETIA CUPREA;

EID: 33846202195     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520609485530     Document Type: Article

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