Censusing Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) at their winter roosts in the Delta Region of Mississippi

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-81

  Glahn, James F ^a   May, Alan ^b   Bruce, Kevin ^b   Reinhold, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Censusing; Double crested Cormorant; Phalacrocorax auritus; Winter roosting populations

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 0002461501     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521809     Document Type: Article

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