Perspectives in ornithology: Charles Darwin's fancy

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-484

  Montgomery, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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BIRD; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; ORNITHOLOGY;

EID: 73349098723     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.1709     Document Type: Review

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