Reproductive success of Belding's Savannah Sparrows in a highly fragmented landscape

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 508-513

  Powell, Abby N ^a   Collier, Christine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031967291     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089215     Document Type: Article

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