Enhancing the scientific value of the Christmas Bird Count

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 338-346

  Dunn, Erica H ^a   Francis, Charles M ^a   Blancher, Peter J ^b   Drennan, Susan Roney ^c   Howe, Marshall A ^d   Lepage, Denis ^b   Robbins, Chandler S ^d   Rosenberg, Kenneth V ^e   Sauer, John R ^d   Smith, Kimberly G ^f  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Bird Studies Canada   (Canada)

^c Patuxent Wildlife Research Center ^*  (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 20444407342     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0338:ETSVOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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