Population changes in boreal forest birds in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-27

  Kirk, David A ^a,b   Diamond, Antony W ^c   Smith, Alan R ^b,d   Holland, George E ^a   Chytyk, Paul ^a  

^a Canadian Wildlife Service ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre   (Canada)

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