Age and sex segregation of wintering Willow Ptarmigan in Labrador

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-118

  Schwab, Francis E ^a   Simon, Neal P P ^b   Nash, Sherri ^a  

^a GIS Applications Specialist   (Canada)

^b Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; SALIX;

EID: 25144524642     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0113:AASSOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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