Chick behavior, habitat use, and reproductive success of Piping Plovers at Goosewing Beach, Rhode Island

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 228-234

  Goldin, Meryl R ^a,b   Regosin, Jonathan V ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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