Movements of Double-crested Cormorants among winter roosts in the Delta Region of Mississippi

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-211

  King, D Tommy ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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