Video identification of predators at songbird nests in old fields

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 259-264

  Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Dijak, William ^a   Burhans, Dirk E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0033005197     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089477     Document Type: Article

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