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A 20-year study investigating the diet of Peregrines, Falco peregrinus, at an urban site in south-west England (1997–2017) Cover

A 20-year study investigating the diet of Peregrines, Falco peregrinus, at an urban site in south-west England (1997–2017)

Open Access
|Feb 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2018-0027 | Journal eISSN: 2061-9588 | Journal ISSN: 1215-1610
Language: English
Page range: 177 - 187
Submitted on: Aug 19, 2018
Accepted on: Dec 21, 2018
Published on: Feb 14, 2019
Published by: MME/BirdLife Hungary
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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