Seasonal fluctuations in population size and habitat segregation of Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius at Barberspan Bird Sanctuary, North West province, South Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-215

  Lipshutz, Sara ^a,b   Remisiewicz, Magdalena ^b,c   Underhill, Les G ^c   Avni, Joel ^d  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Ecotone Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANSER; AVES; CHARADRIUS PECUARIUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 84857806043     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2011.618245     Document Type: Article

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