Changes in trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) activities from winter to spring in the greater yellowstone area

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Squires, John R ^a   Anderson, Stanley H ^b  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANSERIFORMES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS BUCCINATOR;

EID: 0030750707     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426667     Document Type: Article

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