Birds : Challenges and Opportunities for Business, Conservation and Research

For many humans, birds are the most fascinating group of animals and they are definitely among the best-known and studied organisms. Thanks to global citizen science data, we know that there are some 50 billion individual birds in the world at present, which is about six birds for every human on the...

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Other Authors: Mikkola, Heimo (Editor)
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Published: IntechOpen 2021
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