Population estimate and habitat associations of the loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, in southeastern Alberta

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 445-449

  Bjorge, Ronald R ^b   Prescott, David R C ^b  

^a Alberta Environmental Protection   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alberta; censuses; habitat selection; Lanius Indovicianus; Loggerhead Shrike; population size

Indexed keywords

LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS;

POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 0030299003     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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