Foraging Ecology of Fall-Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley

Randolph V. Smith; Joshua D. Stafford; Aaron P. Yetter; Michelle M. Horath; Christopher S. Hine; Jeffery P. Hoover

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045121

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Foraging Ecology of Fall-Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley

Randolph V. Smith ,

* E-mail: rvsmith@illinois.edu

Affiliation F. C. Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center, Forbes Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Havana, Illinois, United States of America
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Joshua D. Stafford,

Current address: U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Affiliation F. C. Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center, Forbes Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Havana, Illinois, United States of America
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Aaron P. Yetter,

Affiliation F. C. Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center, Forbes Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Havana, Illinois, United States of America
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Michelle M. Horath,

Affiliation F. C. Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center, Forbes Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Havana, Illinois, United States of America
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Christopher S. Hine,

Affiliation F. C. Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center, Forbes Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Havana, Illinois, United States of America
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Jeffery P. Hoover

Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
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Foraging Ecology of Fall-Migrating Shorebirds in the Illinois River Valley

Randolph V. Smith,
Joshua D. Stafford,
Aaron P. Yetter,
Michelle M. Horath,
Christopher S. Hine,
Jeffery P. Hoover

Published: September 18, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045121

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