Breeding distribution and ecology of the threatened Madagascar Plover Charadrius thoracicus

Ostrich

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Zefania, Sama ^a   Ffrench Constant, Richard ^b   Long, Peter R ^c   Székely, Tamás ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS THORACICUS;

EID: 44449175223     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2008.79.1.5.362     Document Type: Article

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