Reintroduction of captive-bred African Grass-Owls Tyto capensis into natural habitat

Ostrich

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Brown, Mark ^a   Perrin, Mike ^a   Hoffman, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b African Raptor Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO CAPENSIS;

EID: 34249684998     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2007.78.1.11.55     Document Type: Article

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