Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) Scavenges on all Five Major Vertebrate Groups at Urban Sydney, Southeast Australia

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  • Ivan Sazima Museu de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-863 Campinas, São Paulo, BRAZIL

Abstract

There is no Abstract, as this submission is intended as a Short Note

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2020-03-18

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Sazima, I. 2020. Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) Scavenges on all Five Major Vertebrate Groups at Urban Sydney, Southeast Australia. Tropical Natural History. 20, 1 (Mar. 2020), 89–94.

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