From spoonbill to Spoon-billed Sandpiper: The perceptual dimensions to the niche

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 659-661

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80052587587     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01170.x     Document Type: Note

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