Success of artificial bird nests in burned Gulf Coast Chenier Plain marshes

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 532-538

  Gabrey, Steven W ^a,c   Wilson, Barry C ^b,d   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 0036927435     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672656     Document Type: Article

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