Movements and home ranges of Mountain Plovers raising broods in three Colorado landscapes

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-132

  Dreitz, Victoria J ^a,c   Wunder, Michael B ^a   Knopf, Fritz L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Fort Collins Science Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS; CYNOMYS;

EID: 17844391448     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/03-116     Document Type: Article

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