Avian nest-site selection and nesting success in two Florida citrus groves

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 573-583

  Mitchell, Mary Crowe ^a,b   Best, Louis B ^a   Gionfriddo, James P ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue Univ ^*  (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0029862338     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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