Movements and flock characteristics of Whooping Cranes wintering on the Texas coast

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-14

  Chavez Ramirez, Felipe ^a,b   Slack, R Douglas ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

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