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Comparisons of the alpine bird communities across habitats and between autumn and winter in the mid- Yalong Zangbo River valley, Tibet

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Lu, Xin, Zhang, Li-Ying, Zeng, Xian-Hai (2007): Comparisons of the alpine bird communities across habitats and between autumn and winter in the mid- Yalong Zangbo River valley, Tibet. Journal of Natural History 41 (37-40): 2511-2527, DOI: 10.1080/00222930701579781, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701579781

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