Migration behavior of Tundra Swans from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 679-692

  Ely, Craig R ^a   Douglas, David C ^a   Fowler, Ada C ^a   Babcock, Christopher A ^a   Derksen, Dirk V ^a   Takekawa, J Y ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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