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Original Articles

Foraging Behaviour in Relation to the Lunar Cycle by Australian Owlet-nightjars Aegotheles cristatus

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Pages 253-261 | Received 23 Jul 1998, Accepted 07 Oct 1998, Published online: 22 Dec 2016

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