Response of Eastern Willets (Catoptrophorus s. semipalmatus) to Vocalizations of Eastern and Western (C. s. inornatus) willets

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 514-518

  Douglas III, Hector D ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Apartment 3 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATOPTROPHORUS; CATOPTROPHORUS INORNATUS; CATOPTROPHORUS SEMIPALMATUS;

EID: 0031980573     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089216     Document Type: Article

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