Reducing cowbird parasitism with minimal-effort shooting: A pilot study

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-411

  Summers, Scott G ^a   Stake, Mike M ^a,c   Eckrich, Gilbert H ^b   Kostecke, Richard M ^a   Cimprich, David A ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Directorate of Public Works   (United States)

^c Hawks Aloft Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; VIREO; VIREO ATRICAPILLUS; VIREONIDAE;

EID: 33749335567     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[409:RCPWMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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