Guidelines for constructing and deploying common loon nesting rafts

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-86

  DeSorbo, Christopher R ^a   Fair, Jeff ^b   Taylor, Kate ^c   Hanson, William ^d   Evers, David C ^a   Vogel, Harry S ^c   Cooley Jr , John H ^c  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Fairwinds Wildlife Services   (United States)

^c Loon Preservation Committee   (United States)

^d FPL Energy Maine Hydro   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAVIA IMMER; MAMMALIA;

EID: 42049085680     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2008)15[75:GFCADC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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