Potential impact of climate change scenarios on whooping crane life history

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-20

  Felipe, Chavez Ramirez ^a   Wehtje, Walter ^b  

^a Gulf Coast Bird Observatory   (United States)

^b Crane Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge; Grus americana; Wood Buffalo National Park

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; GRUS AMERICANA;

EID: 84863726835     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0250-z     Document Type: Article

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