The summer diet of the Yellow Rail in Southern Quebec

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 702-710

  Robert, Michel ^a   Cloutier, Louise ^b   Laporte, Pierre ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREX; COTURNICOPS NOVEBORACENSIS; ELEOCHARIS; JUNCUS;

EID: 0031426021     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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