Aplomado falcons and grazing: Invoking history to plan restoration

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 379-400

  Truett, Joe C ^a  

^a Turner Endangered Species Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CICONIIFORMES; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; FALCO; FALCO FEMORALIS; FALCO FEMORALIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; GALLIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0036710746     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672496     Document Type: Review

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