Faunal remains in California Condor nest caves

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 222-227

  Collins, Paul W ^a   Snyder, Noel F R ^b   Emslie, Steven D ^c  

^a Department of Invertebrate Zoology   (United States)

^b Wildl Preserv Trust International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium supplies; California Condor; Carrion preferences; Gymnogyps californianus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033955661     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370429     Document Type: Article

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