Investigations of sexual dimorphism in live Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius from inland South Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Meissner, Włodzimierz ^a   Remisiewicz, Magdalena ^a,b   Pilacka, Lucyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS PECUARIUS;

EID: 84857863387     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2011.603470     Document Type: Article

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