Reproductive success of exotic Mute Swans in Connecticut

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1127-1131

  Conover, Michael R ^a   Kania, Gary S ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Fish and Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANSERIFORMES; CYGNUS OLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032746435     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089693     Document Type: Article

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