Large termitaria act as refugia for tall trees, deadwood and cavity-using birds in a miombo woodland

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Landscape Ecology

• Publication date

  2011-01-28

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10980-011-9572-8
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