Spring migration patterns of male red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) from two migratory roosts in South Dakota and Minnesota

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 134-142

  Knittle, C Edward ^a   Linz, George M ^a   Cummings, John L ^a   Davis Jr , James E ^a   Johns, Brad E ^a   Besser, Jerome F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Great Plains Field Station ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS PHOENICIUS;

EID: 0029849638     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426638     Document Type: Article

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