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Diet of the south polar skua Catharacta maccormicki determined from regurgitated pellets: limitations of a technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

E. C. Young
E. C. Young
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Department of Zoology, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand
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Polar Record , Volume 26 , Issue 157 , April 1990 , pp. 124 - 125
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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