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3 - Ecological Adaptations of Birds to Forest Environments

from Part I - Forest Birds and Their Adaptations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2018

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Marc-André Villard  and
Ruud Foppen
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Grzegorz Mikusiński ,
Jean-Michel Roberge  and
Robert J. Fuller
Grzegorz Mikusiński
Affiliation:
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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Ecology and Conservation of Forest Birds , pp. 51 - 78
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