Long-term change in the population sizes and conservation status of South Africa's seabirds

Ostrich

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Crawford, Robert J M ^a,b  

^a V and A Waterfront   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84890155101     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2013.819661     Document Type: Article

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