Post-release survival of hand-reared and parent-reared Mississippi Sandhill Cranes

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 104-112

  Ellis, David H ^a   Gee, George F ^a   Hereford, Scott G ^b   Olsen, Glenn H ^a   Chisolm, T David ^c   Nicolich, Jane M ^a   Sullivan, Kathleen A ^d   Thomas, Nancy J ^e   Nagendran, Meenakshi ^f   Hatfield, Jeff S ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

^e NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grus canadensis; Reintroduction techniques; Sandhill Crane

Indexed keywords

GRUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0033963804     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370411     Document Type: Article

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