Moult of Guinea savanna passerines in West Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-290

  McGregor, Ross M ^a,c   Ottosson, Ulf ^b   Cresswell, Will R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute   (Nigeria)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 34547922024     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2007.78.2.26.106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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