Tolerance of Australian magpies gymnorhina tibicen towards humans: A comparison along an Urban gradient

Australian Field Ornithology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-35

  Rollinson, Daniel J ^a,b   Jones, Darryl N ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Global Volunteer Network   (New Zealand)

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