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Hugh A. Ford, Nectarivory and Pollination by Birds in Southern Australia and Europe, Oikos, Vol. 44, No. 1, Plant-Animal Interactions. Proceedings of the Third European Ecological Symposium. Lund, 22-26, August 1983 (Mar., 1985), pp. 127-131
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