Flight ways: life and loss at the edge of extinction
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| title_auth | Flight ways life and loss at the edge of extinction |
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| title_full | Flight ways life and loss at the edge of extinction Thom van Dooren |
| title_fullStr | Flight ways life and loss at the edge of extinction Thom van Dooren |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flight ways life and loss at the edge of extinction Thom van Dooren |
| title_short | Flight ways |
| title_sort | flight ways life and loss at the edge of extinction |
| title_sub | life and loss at the edge of extinction |
| topic | Tiere (Zoologie) Birds Extinction NATURE Animals Birds NATURE Birdwatching Guides SCIENCE Environmental Science SCIENCE Life Sciences Zoology Ornithology Artensterben (DE-588)4270292-6 gnd Aussterben (DE-588)4003882-8 gnd Vögel (DE-588)4063673-2 gnd |
| topic_facet | Tiere (Zoologie) Birds Extinction NATURE Animals Birds NATURE Birdwatching Guides SCIENCE Environmental Science SCIENCE Life Sciences Zoology Ornithology Artensterben Aussterben Vögel |
| url | https://doi.org/10.7312/vand16618 |
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