Ecological correlates of molt in merlins (Falco columbarius)

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 363-369

  Espie, Richard H M ^a,b   James, Paul C ^c   Warkentin, Ian G ^d   Oliphant, Lynn W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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