The importance of rainfall to a cavity-nesting species
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The importance of rainfall to a cavity-nesting species A.N. Radford & M.A. Du Plessis The importance of rainfall to a cavity-nesting species ANDREW N. RADFORD 1 * & MORNÉ A. DU PLESSIS 2 1 Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK 2 Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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