Long-distance movements by American Avocets and Black-necked Stilts

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 307-320

  Robinson, Julie A ^a,b   Oring, Lewis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

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