Extreme territorial aggression by urban Peregrine Falcons toward Common Buzzards in South-West England
By: Nick Dixon and Andrew Gibbs
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Language: English
Page range: 232 - 242
Submitted on: Oct 18, 2018
Accepted on: Dec 30, 2018
Published on: Feb 14, 2019
Published by: MME/BirdLife Hungary
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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