Implications of frequent habitat switches in foraging bar-tailed godwits

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 494-497

  McCaffery, Brian J ^a  

^a Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

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EID: 0031955428     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089212     Document Type: Article

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