Effects of west nile virus mortality on social structure of an american crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) population in upstate New York

Ornithological Monographs

Volumn 60, Issue , 2006, Pages 65-78

  Clark, Anne B ^a   Robinson Jr , Douglas A ^a   Mcgowan, Kevin J ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 58349116281     PISSN: 00786594     EISSN: 19412282     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1642/0078-6594(2006)60[65:EOWNVM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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