Seasonal and annual dietary changes in Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni wintering in Lesotho

Ostrich

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 615-619

  Kopij, Grzegorz ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; FALCO NAUMANNI; GRYLLIDAE; ISOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SOLIFUGAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36448970526     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2007.78.3.8.319     Document Type: Article

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