Distribution and abundance of sandhill cranes in Mexico

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 270-285

  Drewien, Roderick C ^a   Brown, Wendy M ^a,b   Benning, Douglas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

aerial surveys; band recoveries; brood size; Chihuahua; Durango; ground surveys; Grus canadensis; Mexico; recruitment; sandhill crane; wetlands; winter populations

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE;

MEXICO;

GRUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0029663412     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802225     Document Type: Article

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