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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>M.A. Howe</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1989</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Use of migration stop-overs by radio-tracked whooping cranes (Grus americana) was studied in fall 1981-83 and spring 1983-84.  Information on habitat use, time-activity budgets, and hazards encountered is presented for a sample of 27 individuals, including 9 radio-marked birds.  Survival rate is calculated for radio-marked birds and compared with estimates for birds not radio-marked.  Distribution patterns of birds for which complete stopover information is available are contrasted with distributions derived from opportunistic observations.</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Migration of radio-marked whooping cranes from the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population:  Patterns of habitat use, behavior, and survival</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>