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Bester, M.M., Ryan, P.G. & Dyer, B M. 2003. Fur seals at Prince Edward Island, Southern Ocean. South African Journal of Marine Science. 25:549-554.
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Crowe, T.M. 2003. Review: The lost world of the moa: prehistoric life of New Zealand by Trevor H. Worthy and Richard N. Holdaway, illustrated by Rod Morris. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2002. Notornis 50:243-246.
Cuthbert, R.J., Phillips, R A. & Ryan, P.G. 2003. Separating Tristan Albatrosses and Wandering Albatrosses using morphometric measurements. Waterbirds 26:338-344.
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Ndang'ang'a, P.K., Du Plessis, M.A., Ryan, P.G. & Cowling, L.A. 2003. Grassland decline in Kinangop Plateau, Kenya: implications for conservation of Sharpe's longclaw (Macronyx sharpei) (vol 107, pg 341, 2002) Biological Conservation 110:435-436.
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