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Loren W. Burger, Jr., Thomas V. Dailey, Eric W. Kurzejeski, Mark R. Ryan, Survival and Cause-Specific Mortality of Northern Bobwhite in Missouri, The Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 59, No. 2 (Apr., 1995), pp. 401-410
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