The hole saw method for accessing woodpecker nestlings during developmental studies

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Ibarzabal, Jacques ^a   Tremblay, Junior A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NESTLING; RESEARCH;

PICOIDES ARCTICUS;

EID: 33646676061     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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