Within-year survival patterns of snail kites in Florida

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-275

  Bennetts, Robert E ^a,b   Kitchens, Wiley M ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; GASTROPODA; ROSTRHAMUS; ROSTRHAMUS SOCIABILIS;

EID: 0033416480     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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