Home-range size and site tenacity of overwintering le Conte's Sparrows in a fire managed prairie

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-145

  Baldwin, Heather Q ^a,b   Jeske, Clinton W ^b   Powell, Melissa A ^c   Chadwick, Paul C ^b   Barrow Jr , Wylie C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 84881409254     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-160.1     Document Type: Article

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