Home range, movement, and nesting of Least Bitterns in western New York

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 297-308

  Bogner, Heidi E ^a,b   Baldassarre, Guy A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WADER; WETLAND;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; IXOBRYCHUS; IXOBRYCHUS EXILIS; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036765483     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0297:HRMANO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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