Depredation of artificial ground nests in a managed, forested landscape

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 285-288

  Yahner, Richard H ^a   Mahan, Carolyn G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030039096     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010285.x     Document Type: Article

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