Flushing responses of wintering bald eagles to military activity

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1307-1313

  Stalmaster, Mark V ^a   Kaiser, James L ^a,b  

^a Stalmaster and Associates   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald eagle; Behavior; Boats; Disturbance; Flushing; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Helicopters; Military; Washington; Winter

Indexed keywords

BALD EAGLE; FLUSHING; MILITARY ACTIVITY;

FORT LEWIS ARMY RESERVATION; USA; WASHINGTON;

CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0031408292     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802130     Document Type: Article

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