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Exploratory analyses of migration timing and morphometrics of the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

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|Feb 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2017-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2061-9588 | Journal ISSN: 1215-1610
Language: English
Page range: 116 - 140
Submitted on: Nov 26, 2017
Accepted on: Dec 14, 2017
Published on: Feb 14, 2018
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