Why does a hawk build with green nesting material?

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-218

  Heinrich, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 84880108878     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.020.0202     Document Type: Article

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