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Invertebrates, Cow-dung, and the Availability of Potential Food for the Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax L.) on Pastures in North-west Islay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

David I. McCracken  and
Garth N. Foster
David I. McCracken
Affiliation:
Environmental Sciences Department, The Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive, Ayr KA6 5HW, Scotland, UK
Garth N. Foster
Affiliation:
Environmental Sciences Department, The Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive, Ayr KA6 5HW, Scotland, UK
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1994 , pp. 262 - 266
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1994

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