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Patch use in cranes: a field test of optimal foraging predictions

✍ Scribed by JUAN C. ALONSO; JAVIER A. ALONSO; LUIS M. BAUTISTA; RODRIGO MUÑOZ-PULIDO

Book ID
115569910
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
138 KB
Volume
49
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-3472

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