Effect of radio transmitters on return rates of swainson's Warblers

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-211

  Anich, Nicholas M ^a,b   Benson, Thomas J ^a,c   Bednarz, James C ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Illinois Natural History Survey ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Limnothlypis swainsonii; Return rate; Survival; Swainson's Warbler; Telemetry; Transmitter attachment; Transmitter effect

Indexed keywords

AVES; LIMNOTHLYPIS SWAINSONII; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 66149164351     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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