Comparative biology of the forest-inhabiting hawks Accipiter spp. in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ostrich

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-29

  Louette, Michel ^a   Herroelen, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER CASTANILIUS; ACCIPITER ERYTHROPUS; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITER MELANOLEUCUS; ACCIPITER TOUSSENELII; ACCIPITRINAE; AMPHIBIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 34249659635     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2007.78.1.4.48     Document Type: Article

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