Spring dispersal patterns of Red-winged Blackbirds, Agelaius phoeniceus, staging in eastern South Dakota

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Homan, H J ^a   Linz, G M ^a   Engeman, R M ^a   Penry, L B ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Breeding range; Color marking; Dispersal patterns; Northern Great Plains; Red winged Blackbird; Spring migration; Sunflower damage

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; HELIANTHUS; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 19044367169     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i2.914     Document Type: Article

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