Some Remarks upon the Insect Food of the Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus L.)
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عنوان ژورنال: Ibis
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0019-1019
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1927.tb06716.x