Golden eagle predation on experimental sandhill and whooping cranes

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 664-666

  Ellis, David H ^a   Clegg, Kent R ^b   Lewis, James C ^b   Spaulding, Errol ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquila chrysaetos; Gins americana; Golden Eagle; Grus canadensis; Predation; Sandhill Crane; Whooping Crane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032772986     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370196     Document Type: Article

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