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Title: A practical model of Bicknell's Thrush distribution in the northeastern United States.
Author: J. Daniel Lambert
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 117Issue: 1Page: 1(11)

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