Winter release and management of reintroduced migratory whooping cranes grus Americana

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-54

  Urbanek, Richard P ^a   Fondow, Lara E A ^b   Zimorski, Sara E ^b   Wellington, Marianne A ^b   Nipper, Mark A ^c  

^a Necedah National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Operation Migration   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REINTRODUCTION; ROOSTING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GRUS AMERICANA; GRUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 77952421661     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270909990153     Document Type: Article

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