Causes of extinction in island birds

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-150

  Duncan, Richard P ^a,b   Blackburn, T M ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247874464     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00110.x     Document Type: Note

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