Effects of radio tags on captive northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) body composition and survival

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-224

  Osborne, David A ^a,c   Frawley, Brian J ^b   Weeks Jr , Harmon P ^a  

^a Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Purdue Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; HARNESS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0030987336     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426841     Document Type: Article

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