Behavioral profiles of the captive juvenile whooping crane as an indicator of post-release survival

Zoo Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-24

  Kreger, Michael D ^a   Hatfield, Jeff S ^b   Estevez, Inma ^c   Gee, George F ^b   Clugston, David A ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Grus americana; Hand rearing; Parent rearing; Predation; Reintroduction; Whooping crane

Indexed keywords

AVES; FLORIDA; GRUIDAE; GRUS AMERICANA; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 33645363279     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20075     Document Type: Article

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