Avian reproductive failure in tropical forest fragments

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-278

  Robinson, W Douglas ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67651179862     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00287.x     Document Type: Note

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