The abundance and movements of the Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca in an urban environment

Corella

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 58-65

  Corben, Daniel T ^a   Munro, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUDOCIMUS; IBIS; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA;

EID: 54449090330     PISSN: 01550438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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