Improved methods for aging second-year and after-second-year male brown-headed cowbirds

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 542-548

  Ortega, Catherine P ^a   Ortega, Joseph C ^a   Backensto, Stacia A ^a   Rapp, Cristin A ^a  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0030222543     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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