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2 - Origins and Dynamics of Forest Birds of the Northern Hemisphere

from Part I - Forest Birds and Their Adaptations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2018

Grzegorz Mikusiński
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jean-Michel Roberge
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Robert J. Fuller
Affiliation:
British Trust for Ornithology, Norfolk
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