Worthen's sparrow (Spizella wortheni) in the Northern Mexican plateau

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-95

  Scott Morales, Laura ^a   Nocedal, Jorge ^b,c   Cotera, Mauricio ^a   Canales Delgadillo, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

^c Platte River Whooping Crane Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS MEXICANUS; PASSERIDAE; SPIZELLA WORTHENI;

EID: 41149120721     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2008)53[91:WSSWIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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