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The Current State of the Urban Population of the Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus L.) in Belgorod, Russia
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Lykov, Egor L. (2025): The Current State of the Urban Population of the Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus L.) in Belgorod, Russia. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 77 (2): 219-230, DOI: 10.71424/azb77.2.002856, URL: https://doi.org/10.71424/azb77.2.002856
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