Neotropical bird migration during the ice ages: Orientation and ecology

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-118

  Williams, Timothy C ^a   Webb III, Thompson ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0002289720     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088939     Document Type: Article

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