Nesting success of scissor-tailed flycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus) at a wind farm in northern Texas

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-194

  Rubenstahl, Trevor G ^a   Hale, Amanda M ^a   Karsten, Kristopher B ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYRANNUS FORFICATUS;

EID: 84863443941     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909-57.2.189     Document Type: Article

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