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Shifting Synanthropy of the Crow in Eastern North America

Daniel W. Gade Professor emeritus of geography at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405‐0114.
Pages 152-175 | Received 30 Mar 2010, Published online: 04 Nov 2019

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