Errors associated with using colored leg bands to identify wild birds

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Milligan, Jessica L ^a   Davis, Andrew K ^a   Altizer, Sonia M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird identification; Color banding; Mark recapture; Passerine; Resighting

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0037716945     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-74.2.111     Document Type: Article

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