The role of behavior in recent avian extinctions and endangerments

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 232-241

  Reed, J Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; EXTINCTION;

EID: 0032904093     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.013002232.x     Document Type: Review

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