Avian range changes and climate change: A cautionary tale from the Cape Peninsula

Ostrich

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Hockey, Philip A R ^a   Midgley, Guy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

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EID: 69149090044     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2009.80.1.4.762     Document Type: Article

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