Plastic color bands have no detectable short-term effects on White-breasted Nuthatch behavior

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 884-886

  Weiss, Valerie A ^a   Cristol, Daniel A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Color bands; Leg bands; Sitta carolinensis; White breasted Nuthatches

Indexed keywords

CAROLINENSIS; SITTA CAROLINENSIS; SITTIDAE;

EID: 0032737136     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370082     Document Type: Article

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