Breeding biology of the Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis in west-central Morocco

Ostrich

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Znari, Mohammed ^a,b   Aourir, Mohamed ^a   Radi, Mohamed ^a,b   Melin, Jean Michel ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PTEROCLES ORIENTALIS;

EID: 44449120969     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2008.79.1.6.363     Document Type: Article

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