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Colony site choice of blue‐tailed bee‐eaters: influences of soil, vegetation, and water quality

Hsiao‐Wei Yuan School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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D. Brent Burt Department of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
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Lee‐Ping Wang School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wen‐Lian Chang Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ming‐Kuang Wang Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chyi‐Rong Chiou School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tzung‐Su Ding School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 485-493 | Published online: 21 Feb 2007

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