Breeding biology of the madagascar paradise flycatcher, terpsiphone mutata, with special reference to plumage variation in malesd

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Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 67-69

  Mizuta, Taku ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85010500314     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520209485358     Document Type: Article

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