Where do grassland birds winter? Density, abundance and distribution of wintering grassland passerines in the Chihuahuan Desert
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.................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 5 Methods .................................................................................................................................. 6 Results .................................................................................................................................... 8 Discussion and Recommendations ....................................................................................... 11 Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................ 13 Literature Cited ..................................................................................................................... 14 FIGURE LEGENDS................................................................................................................... 27
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